Blog Roll

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...

This issue brief provides a general overview of best practices for integrating a navigation model/intervention into a clinic or services agency, developed under the HRSA-funded The HIV, Housing, and Employment Project out of Boston University...

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...

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...

Viral suppression among transgender women living with HIV increased over a two-year period as a result of a mix of individual and organizational interventions, according to an oral abstract of a HRSA-funded study presented July 22 at the 10th IAS...

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...

About 15% of the people in the U.S. who have HIV do not know they are infected. That's about 162,000 individuals (or 1 out of 7 of the nation's 1.1 million people living with HIV). According to CDC, 40% of new HIV infections are transmitted by...

HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau supports initiatives that focus on sexual minority communities facing challenges with HIV care engagement. Projects are designed to enhance Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) services that reach individuals and populations...

Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs) represent just two percent (2%) of new HIV infections, although new HIV infections among API gay/bisexual men have increased dramatically in recent years. Asians comprise 1.4% of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (...

Dear Colleague:

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month in the United States, and May 19, 2019, is Hepatitis Testing Day.  The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) has a long-standing commitment to people...

The HIV care needs of transgender clients parallel those of the broader Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) client population in that they reflect challenges faced by economically disadvantaged minorities who often must grapple with housing...

Twenty-one percent of new HIV cases in 2016 in the United States occurred among young people (ages 13-24), according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These new infections occurred overwhelmingly among gay/bisexual men...

HIV rates among American Indians and Alaska Natives 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).

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Women account for nearly one fourth of people living with HIV infection in the United States (CDC data) and 26.9% of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) clients (2017 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data Report). Minority women...

HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) provides services to low income individuals living with HIV who have no health care coverage (public or private), have insufficient health care coverage, or...

For several decades, delivery of state-of-the-art HIV care has been guided by treatment guidelines and training clinicians on their use through the AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) and other means. However, there is a growing shortage...

TargetHIV with Lauren Kettler Gold and Kelsey Holloman, Broward County Health Care Services

There was no official (or unofficial for that matter) competition for “best poster” at HRSA's 2018 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care &...

Data have permeated this year’s conference. The 2017 RWHAP client level data report was released, documenting ever-improving viral suppression rates for RWHAP clients (video). Innovative uses of data in guiding program efforts...

In this recap we highlight the work of the AETC network in training a new generation of HIV clinicians and provide a first-person insight on quality improvement training at the state level. 

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The word “evidence” appears 47 times in various Ryan White Conference session titles; "evidence-informed," 14 times. Identifying and disseminating innovative, effective HIV interventions is an ongoing focus of the RWHAP under the SPNS program and...

Thirty-seven business and topic-specific meetings dominated Day One of the 2018 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment. These sessions were organized by RWHAP Part in order to allow for more in-depth exploration of topics such...

More than 600 clinicians are attending the 2018 Clinical Conference at the National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment. This event has taken place annually for nearly two decades and serves to reach and educate front-line HIV...

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) recently awarded three new cooperative agreements and six contracts to support the implementation of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program in order to improve health...

December 1, 2018 is World AIDS Day. This year's U.S. federal government theme: Saving Lives through Leadership and Partnerships.

The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) addresses this year's theme nicely as it...

Cross-post from HRSA Newsroom (via HIV.gov blog). HRSA led Study Shows Reduction in Viral Suppression Disparities among Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Clients

A new study led by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) found...