February 13th, 2020- This month’s commission meeting featured a panel discussion in honor of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, which commemorated this year on February 7th, 2020. Moderators Danielle Campbell & Greg Wilson, Co-Chairs of the Black/African American Community (BAAC) […]
October 10th, 2019- This month’s commission meeting featured a panel focused on the impacts of HIV/AIDS in the Latinx Community. Our panelists included Jose Vasquez from APLA’s HIVE Program, Johanna Padilla from the Los Angeles LGBT and Trans Wellness Center, Thelma Garcia […]
July 11th, 2019- The Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative, alongside Los Angeles Homeless Services, presented at the July commission meeting to provide a point-in-time update on the homeless count within the Los Angeles area. The background on these methodologies were […]
June 13th, 2019 — At this month’s commission meeting, we held a panel to discuss the impact of HIV/AIDS and HIV-related disparities within Native and Indigenous communities. Additionally, solutions were highlighted on what our society can do to decrease experienced […]
April 11, 2019 — We put together a special panel discussion to discuss the impact of HIV and AIDS among young people and to highlight the work young people are doing to respond to the epidemic at the April LA […]
September 13, 2018 – Dr. Ron Brooks, Omar Nieto, and Amanda Landrian Gonzalez presented “NUMBERS and VOICES: A Profile of PrEP among Latino MSM in Los Angeles County” at this month’s HIV Research and Community Colloquia series at the Los […]
July 12, 2018 – Dr. Cathy Reback presented at this month’s Research and Community Colloquia series at the Los Angeles County Commission on HIV meeting. She discussed the results from two studies of transgender women in Los Angeles County using the […]
May 10, 2018 – At this month’s Los Angeles County Commission on HIV meeting, Laura Bogart, PhD of RAND Corporation, Matt G. Mutchler, PhD, of California State University Dominguez Hills and APLA Health, and Sean J. Lawrence and Damone Thomas […]
March 8, 2018 – At the March Los Angeles County Commission on HIV meeting, Ashlee Oh, MPH, from the Chief Executive Office of the County of Los Angeles presented a colloquium on the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative. Ms. Oh […]
January 4, 2018 – AltaMed’s English and Spanish telenovela webseries Sin Vergüenza (Without Shame) was developed to address a range of topics surrounding HIV in the Latino community overcoming stigma, seeking STD testing, treatment, behavioral health services, and violence. Earlier […]