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Occupational HIV Transmission and Prevention Among Health Care Workers

This information sheet provides recommendations from the CDC regarding the prevention of occupational transmission of HIV to health care workers (HCWs). The primary means of preventing the HCW's occupational exposure to HIV is to follow infection control precautions with the assumption that the blood and other body fluids from all patients are potentially infectious. Plans for postexposure management of HCWs should be in place, and the administration of antiretroviral drugs as postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) should be considered.

#ZeroDiscrimination: Open Up, Reach Out

This information sheet provides information on Zero Discrimination Day, which is March 1. It gives reasons why it's important, as well as ways to commemorate the day, including: using a butterfly, which is the symbol of zero discrimination, in some creative way, record messages and activities and upload them to social media, join the conversation and use the hashtag #ZeroDiscrimination, and like the Facebook page. It also provides some statistics on HIV/AIDS.

Ebola & HIV Stigma: Facts and Lessons Learned

This information sheet discusses travel bans and restrictions instituted from fear of diseases, what damage stigma does to a person, how stigma affects health care, and the difference in modes of transmission between Ebola and HIV. The information sheet is in both English and Spanish.

HIV, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), and Women: New Opportunities Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

This information sheet is an Issue Brief that discusses how Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has been shown to be associated with increased risk for HIV among women as well as poorer treatment outcomes for those who are already infected. The brief provides an overview of new opportunities to address the needs of women at risk for and living with HIV who have experienced IPV, as well as a summary of key statistics and definitions.