Blog Roll

These times call for virtual learning. This blog presents 2019 Ryan White Clinical Conference sessions on SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND CONDITIONS: 

These times call for virtual learning. This blog presents 2019 Ryan White Clinical Conference videos and slides related to HIV AND AGING:

These times call for virtual learning. Thus, we bring to your attention the videos and slides from the 2019 Ryan White Clinical Conference, held December 4-6. The below sessions focus on HIV ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY. 

HIV rates among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) are lower than rates reported among most racial/ethnic groups but higher than rates among Asians and whites, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC 2019)....

Women account for 19% of new HIV diagnoses in the United States (CDC, 2017) and 26.5% of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) clients (HRSA, 2018). Minority women comprise 84% of RWHAP female clients, of whom 62.1% are African American, 19% are...

Black/African American individuals comprise 47.1% of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program's (RWHAP) 531,349 clients, according to HRSA's RWHAP Annual Client-Level Data Report, 2018. Nearly three-quarters of RWHAP clients are from racial/ethnic...

Flipping a calendar to a new year is of course very much about looking back. It's all about the highlights and the inevitable failure to mention and remember certain important events. Thus, TargetHIV offers this brief review of 2019 activities...

By Jamal Refuge, IHAP TAC

The IHAP TAC the (Integrated HIV/AIDS Planning Technical Assistance Center) always looks forward to learning how jurisdictions implement their Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plans or what innovative...

Laura W. Cheever, MD, ScM, Associate Administrator, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau - The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data Report, 2018 has been published. ...

December 1, 2019 is World AIDS Day. This year's U.S. theme: Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Community by Community, which reflects the international theme, Communities Make the Difference.

HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau has funded a number of initiatives to explore innovations in HIV care delivery. One such effort is the HIV, Housing & Employment Project, which recently released the following "issue briefs" examining innovative...

Does your organization use multiple communication channels to engage clients and community partners during Open Enrollment? This blog covers two areas to help maximize the reach of your Open Enrollment messaging strategy.

Latinos represent 26% of new HIV diagnoses in the United States, but make only 18.3% of the overall population (CDC, 2016). Most new HIV cases among Latinos are among men who have sex with men, MSM; these increases are concentrated in Arizona,...

The latest biennial report on the work of HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program has been released, highlighting five RWHAP recipients. The report, Advancing Innovation to End the HIV Epidemic: 2019 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Highlights, reviews...

From the first reported HIV/AIDS cases in the United States in 1981 to the present, the majority of both HIV and AIDS cases have been among gay and bisexual men (men who have sex with men, MSM) and, disproportionately, among African American MSM...

Does your organization have an Open Enrollment messaging strategy for engaging clients and community partners? There is still time before the Marketplace Open Enrollment begins to update your messaging strategy. This blog focuses on how to refine...

Nearly half of Americans with diagnosed HIV are aged 50 and older. Most contracted HIV at a younger age and are living longer because they are engaged in HIV/AIDS care and benefiting from effective treatments. However, a significant proportion...

Cross-post of HIV.gov blog - By: Laura Cheever, MD, ScM, Associate Administrator for the HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - September 13, 2019

Among the 100+...

On Thursday, September 5, the opening plenary at USCA 2019 set the early mood at the meeting: the nation is quite possibly on the path to Ending the HIV Epidemic in America. Dr. Robert Redfield, CDC Director, sat down with Joy Ann Reid of MSNBC ...

In this blog, we describe how academic journal articles on HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program activities have been translated into evidence-informed intervention tools, how more of these resources are on the way, and how you can find them on...

The HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) is highlighting data on housing instability and homelessness among Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) clients, and the relationship of housing status to viral load suppression. These markers are key components of...

PrEP, or pre-exposure prevention, has been recognized as a safe and effective approach for HIV prevention for more than five years. Federal guidelines released May 2014 (and updated in 2017) put an official stamp endorsing the use of a daily...

Viral suppression among transgender women living with HIV increased over a two-year period. This was due to a mix of individual and organizational interventions. This is according to an oral abstract of a HRSA-funded study presented July 22 at...

Re-blog from HIV.gov - Colleagues from HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) recently conducted an analysis of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’s client population that is over 50 years old. We caught up with Stacy Cohen, one of the authors of the analysis...