Q&A: How Primary Care Can Stop HIV – and How Health Centers Can Receive Free Assistance

| By Judy Lipshutz
Categories: Technical Assistance
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Integrating HIV screening into primary care has never been more critical. Advances in HIV diagnosis, treatment, and prevention promise to dramatically alter the course of HIV for individuals and communities — with HIV testing the gateway to these services. “For the first time since the onset of the epidemic, we can see an end to …

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For World AIDS Day, Think Patient-Centered

| By PCDC Admin
Categories: Technical Assistance
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Every year on World AIDS Day, we look at the advancements made in the fight against HIV/AIDS and ask the question: “what more can be done?” The Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) is committed to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy’s (NHAS) goal to “make the United States a place where new HIV infections are rare, and …

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Integrating PrEP into Primary Care

| By PCDC Admin
Categories: Technical Assistance
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In 2010, the National HIV/AIDS Strategy outlined a comprehensive plan to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic. One of the tools included to halt the spread of the virus to uninfected persons was pre-exposure prophylaxis, known commonly as PrEP. PrEP is a once-a-day regimen, currently consisting of the drug Truvada, to help HIV-negative adults at substantial risk …

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