Save the Date: National Women’s Health Week 2018 | HIV.gov

Save the Date: National Women’s Health Week 2018 | HIV.gov

FEDERAL RESPONSE BLOG POSTS Save the Date: National Women’s Health Week 2018 The 19th annual National Women's Health Week (NWHW) begins on Mother's Day, May 13, and continues through May 19, 2018. The week serves as a reminder for women to make their health a priority and build positive health habits for life... LEARN MORE >> New CDC Resources: HIV & HCV Outbreak Detection and Response CDC has released Managing HIV and Hepatitis C Outbreaks Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Guide for State and Local Health Departments, a guide to help state and local health departments plan for an outbreak of HIV or hepatitis C among people who inject drugs... LEARN MORE >> NIH Clinical Trial to Track Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from HIV-Positive Donors to HIV-Positive Recipients The first large-scale clinical trial to study kidney transplantations between people with HIV has begun at clinical centers across the United States. The HOPE in Action Multicenter Kidney Study will determine the safety of this practice by evaluating kidney recipients for potential transplant-related and HIV-related complications following surgery... LEARN MORE >>

DIGITAL TOOLS BLOG POSTS Patient Engagement? There’s an App for That The phrase ‘health technology ’ may bring to mind images of advanced x-ray machines or robots conducting surgery, but for many of us, health technology is actually in our pocket... LEARN MORE >> Hidden Casualties Webinars Now Available This year, OHAIDP has been focused on facilitating conversations about what a comprehensive response to the national opioid overdose crisis looks like and how the crisis is driving the spread of infectious diseases... LEARN MORE >>

HIV/AIDS BASICS BLOG POSTS Dr. Brett Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health, Addresses Infectious Disease & Opioid Crisis at National Academies Workshop The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) explored the relationship between the opioid crisis and increases in viral hepatitis and other infectious diseases at a groundbreaking one-and-a-half-day workshop... LEARN MORE >> State-level PrEP Utilization Data Now Available from AIDSVu AIDSVu has released the first-ever publicly available data and interactive maps of PrEP use by state from 2012 through 2016, stratified by sex and age. The new maps from AIDSVu show more than 77,000 people were prescribed PrEP in 2016, with an average 73 percent increase year over year in persons using PrEP across the U.S. from 2012... LEARN MORE >>

UPCOMING EVENTS The 2018 National Latino HIV and Hepatitis C Conference begins May 18 in San Antonio, Texas. This event looks at innovative concepts, best practices, and workshops  on how to best serve Latino communities in the fight against HIV and hepatitis C virus. AWARENESS DAYS National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is May 19. Is your organization ready to recognize it? Sign up for Virtual Office Hours and let HIV.gov help you start an awareness day campaign!