CIENCIASMEDICASNEWS: HIV & AIDS in the United States Update: New on the Web

martes, 26 de mayo de 2015

HIV & AIDS in the United States Update: New on the Web

Funding Opportunity Announcements

PS16-1601 National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS)

The intent of this announcement to eligible health departments is to continue National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS), an ongoing bio-behavioral surveillance system among high-risk populations (including men who have sex with men, persons who inject drugs and heterosexuals at increased risk for HIV infection) in Metropolitan Statistical Areas with the highest HIV prevalence in the United States.

PS15-1506: Health Department Demonstration Projects to Reduce HIV Infections and Improve Engagement in HIV Medical Care among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) and Transgender Persons

The purpose of this FOA is to support up to 24 state and local health departments in the United States to implement PrEP (Category 1) and Data to Care (Category 2) demonstration projects prioritizing populations of MSM and transgender persons at high risk for HIV infection, particularly persons of color.

MMWR Weekly Report:

Community outbreak of HIV infection linked to injection drug use of Oxymorphone—Indiana, 2015.

On January 23, 2015, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) began an ongoing investigation of an outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, after Indiana disease intervention specialists reported 11 confirmed HIV cases traced to a rural county in southeastern Indiana.

Updated Slide sets:

HIV Surveillance Among Persons Who Inject Drugs (through 2013)

HIV Surveillance in Adolescents and Young Adults (through 2013)

Fact sheets:

Older Americans HIV Among People Aged 50 and Older (Spanish)

Updated: HIV Among Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders

Additional Resources:

CDC HIV/AIDS
Visit CDC’s HIV/AIDS Web site.

CDC HIV Facebook

CDC Twitter
@CDC_HIVAIDS

Act Against AIDS
www.cdc.gov/actagainstaids

Act Against AIDS Facebook