| Federal Response Blog Posts | |
| Jurisdictions Use HIV Self-Testing Programs to Improve Testing Uptake and Increase Diagnoses | |
| More than 160,000 Americans with HIV are unaware they have the virus because they have not been tested and diagnosed. Yet we know that early diagnosis and treatment with ART are associated with better health outcomes for those with HIV. | |
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| HIV Self Testing Guidance | |
| There are more than 160,000 people with undiagnosed HIV in the United States. The COVID-19 epidemic has made it more difficult to access traditional places where testing is provided, such as clinic-based testing sites, community-based organizations, and healthcare settings. Yet, the benefits of knowing one’s HIV status continue, including improved health and prevention. | |
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| New HRSA Funding Opportunities | |
| HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau recently announced five Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) for initiatives on HIV stigma reduction, implementing rapid ART initiation, and improving care and treatment for Black women with HIV. All five NOFOs are supported by the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund. Pre-application webinars began this week. | |
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| Insights for Ending the HIV Epidemic from CROI 2020 | |
| At the recent virtual 2020 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), several studies were particularly relevant to stakeholders across the country who are working to achieve the goals of the Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America. | |
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