HIV/AIDS, STIs and Viral Hepatitis

AFC's new guide provides a snapshot of the different general levels of Illinois Medicaid health coverage and the particular drugs being offered in each plan.

This free training is provided by IPHA, through funding from the Illinois Department of Public Health Center for Minority Health Services.

A training by The Phoenix Center to help you better understand and serve the LGBT community.

CDC has released a new HIV internalized stigma fact sheet and infographics available for use. Each infographic has a web address at the bottom that links back to the fact sheet.

View letter from IDPH to providers regarding PrEP guidelines

About 40 community members attended this forum to discuss how Illinois can get to zero new HIV infections in the state by 2027.

Illinois HIV Care Connect introduces new web and video content and encourages people living with HIV to take the Treatment as Prevention Quiz

The Getting to Zero task force has convened to figure out what actions we need to take to get us to zero new HIV infections in Illinois. The task force wants your ideas about getting to zero in Illinois. We have identified three factors that have influenced the Getting to Zero work:

Want to know more, better understand and help your LGBTQ clients, patients, students, customers, and friends? Have questions about what it means to be transgender? Want to know what you can do in your own agency, business, school or office to help? If yes, this is the training for you.

This one-hour webinar will provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of the new CDC endorsed, video-based, effective behavioral intervention, Sin Buscar Excusas (SBE), No Excuses.

Same Day PrEP is a significant development in maximizing delivery of needed biomedical interventions without compromising patient adherence. Health Departments and Community Based Organizations can use this novel opportunity to engage targeted populations with mechanisms that prioritize value and emphasize impact.

By taking the short quiz, people living with HIV can gauge their current understanding of HIV treatment as prevention, and then be directed to educational content to learn more.

Illinois is making dramatic progress in the fight against HIV. Thanks to the dedicated work of providers, advocates, educators, outreach workers and our community

AIDS Foundation of Chicago will host conference to explore the relationships of racial equity and social justice in the bisexual community.

Now is the time to Get to Zero! Illinois is making dramatic progress against HIV, but with focused investment and attention we can do better.

One week from today, TAG is hosting a GTZ-themed webinar, featuring the city of Houston, which published a Roadmap to End AIDS last December. I'll be tuning in - please join if you're able. Registration link is here http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TreatmentActionGroup/a4e6885d93/15f584b099/3d8b8ed961 and details are below.

The Fenway Institute invites applications for a one-to two-year HIV and/or LGBTQ studies post-doctoral research fellow position. The position can also include a joint appointment in the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T. C. Chan School of Public Health or in the Department of Population Medicine of Harvard Medical School, depending on the applicant’s prior training, research experience, and interests.

AIDS Foundation of Chicago advocacy update

In celebration of National Public Health Week, we are highlighting our HIV Third-Party Billing Project and the project's accomplishments over the past year.

The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) has developed its policy priorities for the coming two years.

The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy will host a webinar on March 8, 2017

Mark your calendars! Illinois Health Connect (IHC) is hosting a free webinar session entitled, “Vaccines: Title 19, Title 21, and State-Funded."

Register Today! Deadline December 16th!

Please join IPHA and CDP/ezEMRx for in-person demonstrations of an HIV billing system/electronic health records system.

Included in the newsletter you will find recognition pieces on our staff members Jeffery Erdman, Mike Maginn, and Chris Wade.