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/
Summary of recommendations by Alma Guerrero, Department of Pediatrics, UCLA for the COVID-19 Roundtable Providers Summit on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. The recommendations focused on mobilizing service providers, improving patient-provider interaction, and the increase of vaccination rates.
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.
Panel discussion by California EHE Phase 1 Counties Steve Gibson (Alameda), Matilde Gonzalez-Flores (Orange), Carol Barrera (Riverside), Kyle Lafferty (Sacramento), Heather Cockerill and Cynthia Turk (San Bernardino), Felipe Ruiz (San Diego), Hanna Hjord (San Francisco), and Saron Selassie (Los Angeles) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 10. The presentations provided EHE activity updates from the California Department of Public Health Office of AIDS and California’s eight county health departments serving our EHE Phase 1 jurisdictions.
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.