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Minnesota HIV Outbreaks Virtual Learning Series: U=U and People Who Use Drugs
Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, 5:30 – 7 p.m. CT
Please join us for a virtual training aimed to build HIV prevention and treatment skills to respond to the HIV outbreaks in Hennepin and Ramsey counties and in the Duluth area.
U=U is scientifically sound and supported by leading worldwide institutions and the federal government. Knowledge of U=U increases testing uptake, and among those living with HIV, U=U awareness has been linked to improved mental health, reduced internal and anticipated stigma, and better adherence and viral suppression. So why is U=U not talked about with people who inject drugs?
This program will focus on how providers of HIV prevention and treatment, harm reduction, substance use, overdose prevention, healthcare for people who use drugs, and other related services can incorporate U=U messaging in outbreak response efforts. A brief epidemiology presentation with the most recent data on each HIV outbreak will be followed by U=U education, discussion, and skills building on U=U for people who inject drugs.
Objectives:
- Share the most recent epidemiology of the HIV outbreaks in the Twin Cities and Duluth area, respectively.
- Describe evidence proving that U=U and current federal and state U=U implementation.
- Discuss the potential benefits of U=U education for people who inject drugs.
- Identify how to leverage U=U education to improve health outcomes and reduce stigma.
Trainer
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Mariah Wilberg, MPA, Senior Director, U.S. Strategy & Ending the Epidemic, Prevention Access Campaign. Mariah is a nationally recognized, award-winning writer, motivational speaker, and public health professional. She was diagnosed with HIV at the age of 19, following years of homelessness, survival sex, trauma, and escalating drug use. At 25, she was incarcerated for a drug-related crime. In prison, she learned that the HIV she had been unable to accept had progressed to AIDS. In 2013, Mariah emerged from prison ready to make a difference in the systems that failed her. She started volunteering then working in the HIV field, providing education, testing, outreach, and harm reduction services statewide through several community-based organizations. Mariah was named an inaugural 40 under 40 in Public Health by the de Beaumont Foundation and has been featured by local and national media for her U=U work in Minnesota.
Meeting details:
Meeting participants
This webinar is intended for healthcare providers. We also believe allied healthcare professionals such as social workers, case managers, behavioral health professionals, public health professionals, and people working with encampments or impacted populations would benefit from attending this program. Please share this invitation with your networks.
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