EHE Regional Learning Collaborative session entitled Community Infrastructures to Help End the HIV Epidemic held on Tuesday, July 19, from 10-11:30 AM PT! This session focused on the development, implementation, and lessons learned of three community infrastructures working to address HIV and related conditions in California. This session featured several fantastic panelists, including Dr. Sami Lubega (East Bay Getting to Zero), Ryan Clary (End the Epidemics), and Julie Tolentino (LA County Department of Public Health EHE Steering Committee). Learn more about the EHE Regional Learning Collaborative: https://chipts.ucla.edu/upcoming-events/ehe-regional-response/
The CoVPN provided a list of materials for community workers and service providers leading the fight against COVID-19, the resources include educational videos, infographics, and downloadable fact sheets. Resources describe COVID variants, COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials, and the importance of vaccination to address disparities in hospitalization and death.
This factsheet provides a list of resources that describes the COVID-19 variants and their concern, further describing the constantly mutating nature of coronaviruses, SARS-CoV2. The document provides resources that describes the Delta variant which has become the main variant in the US (August 2021) and whether a booster shot is required anytime soon.
Panel discussion by Khloe Rios-Wyatt (Alianza Translatinx), Gerald Garth & Jamar Moore (Arming Minorities Against Addiction & Disease (AMAAD) Institute), and Richard Zaldivar (The Wall Las Memorias (TWLM)) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 11. The presentations highlighted each organizations efforts to End the HIV Epidemic through grassroot approaches. These approaches and efforts further describe the populations they serve, the services they are providing, and the limitations they encounter.
El objetivo de esta cumbre es compartir la información más reciente sobre COVID-19, las variantes y las vacunas disponibles para adultos y niños en el condado de Los Ángeles (sur de Los Ángeles). La discusión principal estuvo relacionada con las variantes de COVID-19, la vacunación información para adultos y niños, y la importancia del alcance comunitario.
The goal of this summit is to share the latest information about COVID-19, the variants, and available vaccines for adults and children in the Los Angeles County (South Los Angeles). The guiding discussion were related to the COVID-19 variants, vaccination information for adults and children, and the importance of community outreach.
Federal partner update on PrEP awareness and engagement efforts by Michelle Sandoval-Rosario (PACE Region 9) and panel discussion by Reina Hernandez (San Francisco AIDS Foundation), Terry Smith, (Sexual Health and HIV Prevention Services, and Sergio Velasquez (APLA Health) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 9. The presentations focused on strategies to engage, support, and retain communities at risk for HIV in PrEP care.
Panel discussion by Tenesha J. Lewis (Black AIDS Institute), Aunsha Hall-Everett (California Prevention Training Center), Ernelyn J. Navarro (St. Mary Health Center) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 8. The presentations discussed strategies to build capacity and address burnout in our HIV workforce serving California’s EHE Phase 1 counties.
Oral presentation by Samhita Llango & Tatyana Brown at the COVID-19 Community Leadership Summit in May 2021. The presentation discussed Vaccinate the States efforts to build the most comprehensive list of vaccination sites in the US. in partnership with Vaccines.gov and other orgs, ensuring that those with historical disadvantages have equitable access to all the information we report.
Oral presentation by Liz Schwandt at the COVID-19 Community Leadership Summit in May 2021. The Get Out the Shot: Los Angeles organization aims to support the work of CBOs and CHOs who were trying to increase equitable access to vaccine. The presentation discussed the efforts to expand and continue their work with the neighbors with ongoing and systemic barriers to access, also doing outreach and staffing of mobile clinics in partnership with Kedren Vaccines (and other community health orgs) and HACLA.