Advocacy
HealthHIV brings a re-energized approach to addressing the advocacy agenda in order to improve health disparities, treat the medically underserved, advance chronic disease management, and redefine how HIV fits into a broader health care debate.
HealthHIV leads the National Resource Center for Care Coordination and Pozitively Aging with HIV, which builds the capacity of HIV and primary care providers to coordinate care for people living and aging with HIV across a lifetime. This program enhances provider and patient knowledge related to the experiences of PWH over 50 and the comanagement of conditions associated with aging with HIV through data collection and medical education.
HealthHIV—along with the National Coalition for LGBTQ Health—seeks to better align care and prevention service delivery with existing evidence-based, culturally sensitive standards of care for LGBTQ people to improve health outcomes and qualities of life.
We engage partners across all levels of advocacy, from federal and state-specific issues, to health systems and payers, providers and manufacturers. But most of all, we engage with our communities to drive our work.
Advocacy Activities
HealthHIV engages in a variety of Advocacy initiatives, grounded in an understanding of both the social determinants of health and the latest data and science.
Healthy Aging Hub
The HealthHIV Healthy Aging Hub builds the capacity of HIV and primary care providers to coordinate care for people living and aging with HIV across a lifetime. This program enhances provider and patient knowledge related to the experiences of PWH over 50 and the comanagement of conditions associated with aging with HIV through data collection and medical education.
National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week
Through a series of educational and advocacy efforts, we work to uplift the voices of LGBTQ individuals, healthcare professionals, and advocates to foster informed dialogue and drive meaningful engagement in LGBTQ health care.
PleasePrEPMe
The original site for PrEP consumers, frontline providers and clinicians, PleasePrEPMe is the first searchable and location-responsive provider directory for PrEP and PEP services.
Prescription Drug Affordability Boards (PDABs) Resource and Action Center
With PDABs becoming increasingly popular throughout the country, HealthHIV is advocating for the crucial needs of patients amid rapid policy change, and critical conversations happening on this subject.
Pozitively Aging
HealthHIV’s Pozitively Aging program improves access to services and care coordination for people with HIV (PWH) over 50 and health outcomes through enhancing care coordination/access, health literacy, and patient-provider communications.
SYNChronicity
Organized by HealthHIV, HealthHCV, and the National Coalition for LGBTQ Health, this one-of-a-kind national conference synchronizes the healthcare community by bringing together thousands of health professionals, advocates, and consumers to SYNC ideas and practice to effectively address HIV, HCV, STIs, LGBTQ Health, Harm Reduction, and Health Equity.
Latest Advocacy Resources
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NIAID HIV Language Guide
This guide includes language suggestions for communicating about HIV and related topics.
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Patients With HIV May Have High Prevalence of Long COVID
The prevalence of long COVID was high in patients living with HIV, according to a review published in eClinicalMedicine.
