New CDC Funding Opportunity to Support Continuity of HIV Care for Newly-Released Prison Inmates | HIV.gov

New CDC Funding Opportunity to Support Continuity of HIV Care for Newly-Released Prison Inmates | HIV.gov

Federal Response Blog Posts New CDC Funding Opportunity to Support Continuity of HIV Care for Newly-Released Prison Inmates The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a funding opportunity announcement to develop effective, sustainable, and replicable program models that support continuity of HIV care for individuals with HIV who have been released from state prisons into the community. Read today's blog post to learn more about this funding opportunity. LEARN MORE   HRSA Funding Opportunity Supports HIV Care Planning in 7 Rural EHE States The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy has issued a funding opportunity announcement under the Rural HIV/AIDS Planning Program to assist in the development of an integrated rural HIV health network for HIV care and treatment that will collaboratively plan to address key strategies identified in Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America. LEARN MORE   NIH Study: Long-Acting Injectable Drug Prevents HIV Among Men Who Have Sex with Men, and Transgender Women An investigational long-acting form of the HIV drug cabotegravir injected once every 8 weeks safely and effectively prevents HIV acquisition in men who have sex with men and transgender women who have sex with men. This finding, from a planned interim analysis of study data, marks the first time a large-scale clinical trial has shown a systemic, long-acting form of HIV prevention to be highly effective. LEARN MORE   New COVID-19 CDC Resources on PrEP and Liver Disease We continue to update COVID-19 and People with HIV, our HIV.gov page of resources from agencies across the federal government. We recently added two resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that are relevant for people with and at risk for HIV during the COVID-19 public health emergency. LEARN MORE

Events Blog Posts NIAID Observes HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 2020 On HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 2020, NIAID honors the researchers and clinical study participants who play essential roles in advancing HIV vaccine development. While work toward an HIV vaccine continues, scientists also are addressing a new pandemic—coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). LEARN MORE