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March 20th is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This is an opportunity to reflect on the factors that contribute to disparities in HIV outcomes for American Indian/Alaska Native persons and to promote HIV testing through programs like TakeMeHome.org

March 10 marks the annual commemoration of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day where we collectively amplify the voices of women and girls impacted by HIV.

The California HIV Policy Research Centers re-launches CHPRC.org. Leading HIV Researchers Discuss What’s Ahead in 2024.

“In addition, over the past years we have learned that effective treatment reduces the risk of transmission by 100%,” Ayako Miyashita of the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center (CHPRC) told BBC Mundo. English).

Harold J. Phillips, MRP, Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP), continued his efforts to advance the National HIV/AIDS Strategy’s (NHAS)Exit Disclaimer call to repeal and reform outdated state HIV criminalization laws. These efforts are to reduce HIV-related stigma and discrimination and included several activities on the second annual HIV Is Not a Crime Awareness DayExit Disclaimer on February 28.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on May 11, 2023, that it has officially dropped restrictions that prohibit gay and bisexual men from donating blood under many circumstances on May 11, 2023. The ban was initially put in place in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, but for years medical professionals and gay rights advocates have argued that the ban was no longer medically justifiable and that it unnecessarily discriminated against men who have sex with men.

California Senate Bill 159 authorized pharmacists to prescribe HIV pre-exposure (PrEP) and post-exposure (PEP) medications without an outside provider’s prescription in order to increase access to HIV preventative medications. However, a new study led by UC Berkeley School of Public Health Epidemiology Professor Sandra McCoy found that just 11% of California pharmacists surveyed had prescribed the medications since the bill’s introduction nearly three years ago.

Disparities persist in Black and brown communities’ access to PrEP and PEP to prevent HIV, say West Hollywood residents.

Ian W. Holloway, who serves as director of the Southern California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center, said misinformation is one of the biggest problems in tackling such stigmas and can discourage vulnerable people from getting tested or vaccinated.

Governments have cited protection of public health as a rationale for outlawing sex work, yet evidence shows that decriminalizing the trade increases health and safety and reduces the risk of disease, according to a new policy brief from researchers at UCLA.