CDC Web Updates:New Items Added to CDCs HIV Web site

CDC Web Updates:New Items Added to CDCs HIV Web site

Several Items Recently Added the Website

New FOA: PS14-1409 Assisting Directly Funded AIDS Directors in Urban Jurisdictions and Other HIV Prevention Partners in Meeting the Changes in the Public Healthcare Systems and HIV Prevention LandscapeAssisting Directly Funded AIDS Directors in Urban Jurisdictions and Other HIV Prevention Partners in Meeting the Changes in the Public Healthcare Systems and HIV Prevention Landscape.

New MMWR: Evidence-Based HIV/STD Prevention Intervention for Black Men Who Have Sex with MenThis report summarizes published findings of a community-based organization in New York City that evaluated and demonstrated the efficacy of the Many Men, Many Voices human immunodeficiency virus /sexually transmitted disease prevention intervention in reducing sexual risk behaviors and increasing protective behaviors among black men who have sex with men.

New MMWR: Community-Based Program to Prevent HIV/STD Infection Among Heterosexual Black Women This report describes successful efforts by SisterLove, Inc., to develop, rigorously evaluate, and demonstrate the efficacy of Healthy Love, a 3-4–hour interactive, educational workshop, to reduce HIV- and sexually transmitted disease-related risk behaviors among heterosexual black women.

Updated Fact Sheet: HIV and Viral HepatitisThis fact sheet discusses coinfection of HIV and Viral Hepatitis. People with HIV infection are disproportionally affected by viral hepatitis. About 80% of people with HIV who inject drugs also have hepatitis C virus (HCV). HIV coinfection more than triples the risk for liver disease, liver failure, and liver-related death from HCV.

Additional Resources:

Act Against AIDS 
www.cdc.gov/actagainstaids

CDC HIV/AIDS
www.cdc.gov/hiv
Visit CDC’s HIV/AIDS Web site.

CDC-INFO 
http://www.cdc.gov/cdc-info/
Get information about personal risk, prevention, and testing.

CDC National HIV Testing Resources 
www.hivtest.cdc.gov
Text your ZIP code to KNOW IT or 566948. Locate an HIV testing site near you.

CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)www.cdcnpin.org
Find CDC resources and technical assistance.

AIDSinfo 
1-800-448-0440
www.aidsinfo.nih.gov
Locate resources on HIV and AIDS treatment and clinical trials.

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