Yesterday, at the National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced more than $20 million in funding to expand HIV prevention, testing, and treatment services at health centers nationwide. The funding – awarded by HRSA to 64 health centers – is part of HHS’ Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative, which aims to reduce the number of new HIV infections in the U.S. by 90% by 2030.
Health centers who receive this funding will leverage it to expand access to medication to prevent HIV (including pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, and related services), connect people to care, and ensure care services are well coordinated. They will also leverage it to strengthen partnerships with community organizations such as HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program-funded organizations and health departments. Stronger partnerships speed up patients’ connections to prevention services, including testing and PrEP. Read the press release.
View the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Ending the HIV Epidemic – Primary Care HIV Prevention (PCHP) award recipients. Visit the PCHP technical assistance (TA) page for award recipient information and other resources.
HRSA also released new training and TA resources that address the top HIV prevention TA areas requested by health centers, including PrEP, outreach, and telehealth.
HRSA will host a post-award briefing for FY 2022 award recipients:
FY 2022 Post-Award Briefing Wednesday, August 31 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET Registration page
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