Join HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) for the first 2024 HAB You Heard webinar on Wednesday, January 24, 3-4 p.m. ET.

During this monthly update, HRSA will share the 2023 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) year in review and look ahead at what’s to come in 2024, including:

• The 2024 National Ryan White Conference
• A future survey for RWHAP recipients
• National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• New HAB funding opportunities

Special guest CAPT David Wong from the HHS Office of Minority Health will highlight the White House’s recent release of The U.S. Playbook to Address Social Determinants of Health. HRSA will also feature a new recipient spotlight presentation.

This webinar is open to all RWHAP and health center program recipients, subrecipients, stakeholders, and federal staff. Registration is required.

Register.

HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) will commemorate National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) on Wednesday, February 7.

This year’s theme is “Engage, Educate, Empower: Uniting to End HIV/AIDS in Black Communities.” NBHAAD is an opportunity to raise awareness about the availability of HIV care and treatment services for Black/African American people, to reduce HIV stigma and HIV-related health disparities, and to encourage those who are undiagnosed to get tested. In the U.S., Black/African American people continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV.

According to the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data, in 2019, Black/African American people accounted for 13% of the U.S. population, but 42% of all new HIV diagnoses in the U.S. HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) is working to address barriers to HIV care and create supportive communities for Black/African American people with HIV. Nearly 45% of RWHAP clients are Black/African American. In 2022, 87.1% of Black/African American RWHAP clients receiving medical care were virally suppressed, which is a significant increase from 63.3% virally suppressed in 2010. This means they cannot sexually transmit HIV to their partners and can live longer and healthier lives.

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. Check out HRSA’s website and follow our social media posts to learn how parents, caregivers, and health care providers can make children’s oral health a priority.

You’ll also find tips about brushing, flossing, and seeking regular checkups. We welcome you to explore and share our suite of related oral health resources.

Learn more about oral health for young children.

HRSA’s Office of Women’s Health invites you to save the date for CERV-Net: A Cervical Cancer ECHO Learning Series for Safety-Net Settings, an 11-week training for health care providers beginning on Thursday, March 7.

CERV-Net is a free, virtual, collaborative learning series that prepares and empowers safety-net settings of care to engage partners, patients, and communities to improve cervical cancer care.

Topics covered will include patient-centered care and the latest advancements in cervical cancer care.

Please contact CERV-Net to be included in the email list to learn more!