DESCRIPTION: This virtual series was created in collaboration with the MidAtlantic AETC Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Workgroup. This comprehensive webinar series aims to provide healthcare professionals with the latest strategies and tools to end the HIV epidemic. Each training session will focus on one of the four key strategies that make up the Ending the HIV Epidemic U.S. Initiative, which include: diagnosing all individuals with HIV as early as possible, treating HIV rapidly and effectively to achieve sustained viral suppression, preventing new HIV transmissions using proven interventions like PrEP, and responding quickly to potential HIV outbreaks to get needed prevention and treatment services to those who need them.
This program will review key elements of the key strategy: Prevent
For more information on this series, visit: https://www.maaetc.org/p/ehemaaetc
Speaker:
Brenice Duroseau, MSN, FNP-C, RNC-OB, AAHIVS
Infectious Diseases Nurse Practitioner
Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing
Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify major biomedical strategies to reduce transmission of HIV.
- Define treatment as prevention (TasP) and its role in Ending the HIV Epidemic.
- Describe indications and approaches to transition from nonoccupational PEP to HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in persons at risk for HIV.
- Describe current indications for the use of occupational HIV PEP, including strategies for risk assessment following occupational exposure.
Acknowledgement:
The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (MAAETC) is grant-funded by DHHS, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as part of a cooperative agreement of $3,561,880 and 0% financed with non-governmental sources. Funding was made possible by TR7HA53201-01-00 from the HRSA, HIV/AIDS Bureau. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Any trade names for products mentioned are for training and identification purposes only. The contents of this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.
