Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center - AETC

08/21/2025

This week, Marianna Breytman sits down with John Faragon to talk about updates to guidelines surrounding pregnancy and HIV. Tune in to find out what the new recommendations are in terms of testing and treatment, who they are for, and what you need to know as an HIV care provider.

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08/07/2025

This week, Marianna Breytman sits down with John Faragon to discuss recent updates to PEP guidelines from the CDC. Tune in to find out what changed and what it means for you as an HIV care provider.
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07/31/2025

Module 5 of the National HIV Curriculum includes 6 lessons: 1. Preventing Perinatal HIV Transmission, 2. Preventing HIV Transmission in Persons with HIV, 3. Occupational Postexposure Prophylaxis, 4. Nonoccupational Postexposure Prophylaxis, and 5. HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

Register and start earning free CNE/CME credit here: https://www.hiv.uw.edu/go/prevention

07/30/2025

The National PrEPline at the National Clinician Consultation Center (NCCC) advises on all aspects of pre-exposure prophylaxis management (PrEP), including:
✅ Administering PrEP medications
✅ Addressing adherence issues
✅ Initial and follow-up laboratory evaluations
✅ Follow-up and testing protocols
✅ Changing from PEP to PrEP

All services are free for U.S. clinicians. Learn more: https://nccc.ucsf.edu/

07/29/2025

Our colleagues at the National Alliance for HIV Education and Workforce Development (NAHEWD) host a monthly webinar series on Bridging HIV and SUD: Innovations in the Field.

Title: Tackling Stigma and Providing Quality Care around Substance Use among Older Adults with HIV
Date: Friday, August 1, 2025 at 12-1pm ET

Speaker: Sid Puri, MD, Medical Director of Behavioral Health, County of San Luis Obispo

Objectives:
1. Understand rates of substance use among older adults living with HIV (OALWH).
2. Utilize screeners and motivational interviewing to understand a patient’s risk factors.
3. Integrate harm reduction and non-stigmatizing language into patient interactions.

Register here: https://nahewd-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LzloY6l3QEyuj07wSUMcaA #/registration

07/24/2025

This week, join Marianna Breytman as she sits down with John Faragon to talk all about a new injectable option for PrEP that has recently been approved. Find out what it is, who it's for, and how this can affect your work as an HIV care provider.

Article mentioned: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2827545

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07/22/2025

The Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center is one of 8 regional AETCs that administer training programs through local partners, serving all U.S. states, territories, and jurisdictions. We PROUDLY serve New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands! Find your local partner here to schedule a training for your FQHC, CBO, or clinic: https://www.necaaetc.org/

07/18/2025

Our own Dr. Joseph McGowan, Clinical Director, NECA AETC at Stony Brook University, spoke about YEZTUGO. This FDA-approved injectable medication for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis is taken twice a year. Watch the video to hear about this medication.

Please refer to the FDA's full label for additional information:https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2025/220020s000lbl.pdf

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/fda-approves-drug-that-reduces-risk-of-hiv-infection/6340076/

There’s been a medical breakthrough in the fight against HIV that you may not have heard about. The FDA has approved a new drug that could dramatically reduce the spread of the disease. It only needs to be taken twice a year — but due to the stigma surrounding HIV, getting the word out has been ...

07/10/2025

This week, Marianna Breytman sits down with John Faragon for Part 2 of out two-part series covering all things CROI 2025. CROI is the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Learn all about the latest in PrEP, the BEe-HIVe study, and more.

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07/08/2025

Join our colleagues at NAHEWD this Friday, July 11, 2025, at 12-1pm ET

Register here: https://nahewd-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JpksZwiwTBKll30LJN_VtQ #/registration

07/08/2025

Optimizing Medication Management of People Aging with HIV | Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Aging with HIV Initiative.

Date: July 10, 2025, at 2:00pm ET
Register here: https://echo.zoom.us/meeting/register/qGfhTZKPSzKawNkZAXw4LA #/registration