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National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

April 10 is National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD). Share the social media posts below to help spark conversations about HIV and highlight prevention methods to reduce HIV among youth. You can also find and share Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign resources for young adults in English and Spanish.

National Transgender HIV Testing Day Toolkit

April 18 is National Transgender HIV Testing Day (NTHTD). Share the social media posts below to help spark conversations about HIV testing and status awareness, as well as HIV prevention and treatment for transgender and nonbinary people. You can also share Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign resources for transgender people (in English and Spanish) as well as HIV testing resources (in English and Spanish).

Journal Summarizes Results of Ryan White end+disparities ECHO Collaborative

A journal article summarizes the recently-concluded work of a HRSA-funded quality improvement learning collaborative, which documented and focused on improving viral suppression rate improvements among four groups hit hardest by HIV: men who have sex with men of color, Black/African American and Latina women, youth aged 13 to 24 years, and transgender people.

Minor Consent and Confidentiality Laws for PrEP and HIV Treatment

The following document examines various states' minor consent and confidentiality laws. A minor is a person who does not have the legal rights and responsibilities of an adult. Minors’ ability to access PrEP independently, i.e., without parental or guardian consent, varies throughout the United States. States allowing minors to autonomously consent to PrEP does not mean that access to the health care service will remain confidential.

Men who pay for sex: a missing at-risk population?

National surveys collected over 20 years in 35 African countries provides strong evidence that men who pay for sex should be classified as an ‘at-risk’ population for HIV.

People With HIV in Non-Medicaid Expansion States: Who Could Gain Coverage Eligibility Through Build Back Better or Future Expansion?

People with HIV living in the 12 states that have not adopted the Medicaid expansion face limited access to health coverage. In 2018, across sampled states, 20% of people with HIV living in non-expansion states were uninsured compared to 6% in expansion states, and those in expansion states were more likely to have Medicaid coverage (46% v 30%).

UNAIDS Data 2021

The 90–90–90 targets were missed, but not by much. At the end of 2020, 84% of people living with HIV knew their HIV status, 87% of people living with HIV who knew their HIV status were accessing antiretroviral therapy, and 90% of people on treatment were virally suppressed.

Reflecting on the Past! Celebrating the Future!

To commemorate the 33rd World AIDS Day, on December 1, 2021, Treatment Action Group in collaboration with the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Southern AIDS Coalition, and Black AIDS Institute held this webinar to reflect on the past and celebrate the many successes and innovations in biomedical research that help to shape the prevention landscape for community members, people living with HIV, advocates, and researchers.