This video features Dr. Charlene Flash discussing essential sexual health topics for healthcare providers, including HIV and STI testing, HIV stigma, PrEP, and U=U (Undetectable = Untransmittable). Part of the "Ask Me Anything About Sexual Health" series by KFF’s GREATER THAN HIV and CDC’s LET’S STOP HIV TOGETHER aims to educate providers while emphasizing the importance of consulting healthcare professionals for personal health decisions.
This journal explores the evolution of HIV diagnostic testing, from early antibody-based methods to advanced molecular and rapid point-of-care technologies. It highlights the impact of these innovations on early detection, treatment initiation, and global efforts to control HIV transmission.
This report discusses how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, rapidly evolves in people with advanced HIV due to weakened immune responses. This prolonged viral replication can lead to the emergence of new variants, highlighting the importance of HIV treatment and COVID-19 prevention efforts in immunocompromised populations.
This report provides an update on national progress in meeting the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (2022-2025) based on the most current available data and also highlights some recent federal efforts to implement the Strategy.
NASTAD highlights the achievements of the 47 Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Phase 1 jurisdictions through a series of success stories featured on a dedicated webpage. These stories demonstrate innovative strategies addressing the four pillars of EHE: Diagnose, Treat, Prevent, and Respond. Supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), this initiative aims to strengthen programs for individuals living with and at risk for HIV.
RAISE & NASTAD’s webinar, “Methods for Assessing the Landscape of STI & HIV Services in Local Health Jurisdictions ” was held on Thursday, October 24th. The webinar discusses methods for conducting landscape analyses of STI & HIV services in local health jurisdictions. University of Washington researchers presented the rational for doing a landscape analysis, methods for data collection and analysis, and layering on patient-level data to complement provider-level findings.
This social media toolkit helps promote community conversations about HIV and sexual health. This toolkit contains ready-to-go messages for posting on Instagram, Facebook, and X (formerly Twitter).
NASTAD, in partnership with the National Coalition to Liberate Methadone (NCLM) held the “Part 2: Part 2: Current Methadone Access: Where are we now?” webinar on September 24 . Methadone is an essential tool for saving lives during an overdose crisis and reducing the risk of HIV and hepatitis C transmission among people who inject drugs. NCLM advocates for a more accessible and equitable methadone system that prioritizes patient health, promotes dignity, and is grounded in evidence.
On this podcast John Fangman, MD discusses opportunities for Medicaid program to cover health-related social needs, such as housing, nutrition and transportation with Katie Garfield, JD, Director of the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School’s Whole Person Care initiative and Michelle Collins-Ogle, MD, Director Montefiore Adolescent & Youth Sexual-health Clinic and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
This fact sheet discusses HIV/AIDS and the workplace. More specifically, how to avoid contacting HIV in a workplace.
