NASTAD

09/27/2025

🏳️‍🌈 National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is today 📅 September 27!

🌟Let’s use this day to:
💉 Encourage HIV testing & treatment
🛡️Share info about prevention (like PrEP & PEP)
🙌 Fight stigma & make healthcare more inclusive

You can learn more at HIV.gov and

09/24/2025

🌟 NASTAD kicked off the third cohort of the Partner Services Learning Collaborative with a 1 1/2 day in-person convening in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on September 17 and 18.

📚The learning collaborative aims to support public health departments in modernizing and expanding their partner services programs.

🧾 Cohort three includes the Alabama Department of Public Health, Houston Health Department, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, New Mexico Department of Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and Pennsylvania Department of Health.

09/22/2025

🚨 Only 1 week left to submit abstracts for HEP-DART 2025!
Deadline: September 29, 2025

Join leading researchers and clinicians in Honolulu, Hawaii, and share your latest work in hepatitis research, treatment, and global health.

👉 Submit here: https://informedhorizonseducation.com/abstracts-hepdart-2025

09/22/2025

September is Deaf Awareness Month! 🧏🏽

🌟Deaf C.A.N.! has a video series in ASL showing what it’s like to live with HIV in the Deaf community which includes real stories and real people. 🔗Check out this link to learn more: https://www.deafcan.org/living-with-hiv-videos-in-asl.html.

🌟Gallaudet University's “Left Behind: HIV/AIDS and the Deaf Community” shows how Deaf folks were shut out early in the epidemic because health information & support weren’t shared in American Sign Language (ASL). Still today, many face barriers in getting accessible treatment, prevention tools like PrEP, and support.

🔗Check out this link to learn more: https://gallaudet.edu/museum/exhibits/left-behind-hiv-aids-and-the-deaf-community/

🧏🏽‍♀️ Making sure that everyone has access to care in a language they understand shows how inclusive health communication can save lives. ❤️🤝

09/19/2025

A new report highlights six key parts needed for point-of-care testing programs to work well and expand. 📑

The report is based on ideas and perspectives from the 2025 INHSU Point-of-Care Testing Forum where more than 80 international researchers 🥼, health workers👩🏽‍⚕️, community members🫂, and policymakers ⚖️ talked about how to increase access to testing in real-world settings. ♥️

You can read 📖more here:https://inhsu.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/POCT-Forum-Report_June-2025_final-1-1.pdf and here https://inhsu.org/news/new-report-six-key-components-of-point-of-care-testing-programs/

09/18/2025

📆 Today is National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day ( )! ♥️ NHAAD highlights the growing number of older adults living with HIV and the unique health 👩🏽‍⚕️, social 👨🏽‍👩🏽‍👧🏽‍👦🏽, and stigma-related challenges they face.

🤔 Did you know that nearly half of people with HIV in the U.S. are age 50 or older? Yet prevention and care systems often overlook their needs and lack collaboration between HIV, primary, and aging services.

♥️ NASTAD reaffirms its commitment to advancing health equity by reducing stigma, supporting person-centered care, and promoting policies that ensure healthy aging for all people living with HIV!

📖 You can read more in our blog post: https://ow.ly/bYA050WYPgi

09/18/2025

It is the second day of the Collaboration in Care Conference 2025! 🎉This conference will allow participants to connect with peers and experts to share knowledge, explore successful care models, and co-develop strategies that enhance access, quality, and coordination of care for people aging with HIV. 🫂

🖥️ Virtual | 10 am – 2 pm PT
👉 Learn more & register: http://tiny.cc/CCCHIV2025

09/17/2025

Join the State Government Racial Equity Community of Practice! 🌟
Are you working in a state agency and care about advancing racial equity? Then this space is for you, no matter your role, title, or experience level. 🙌
Come connect, learn, and share ideas with others committed to building more equitable systems by signing up today. 🤝

📅 Date: September 17, 2025
🕑 Time: 2:30 PM ET
🔗 Link to register: https://raceforward-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/UxGOuxXASqC7PG521XKl8g #/registration

Let’s work together for meaningful change through communities of practice in the public health space! ✨

We welcome everyone working in a state government agency who is interested in racial equity regardless of role, title, seniority, level of experience, etc. The community of practice is intended for learning, connecting, and shared effort to advance racial equity.

09/17/2025

As the proportion of people living with HIV over the age of 50 continues to rise, it’s critical to center interdisciplinary care—bringing together HIV providers, aging services, and clinical staff to build models that support whole-person wellbeing.

This September, the Collaboration in Care Conference (CCCHIV2025) will convene leaders and providers across the nation for a virtual, two-day gathering. Together, we’ll co-create strategies that enhance access, quality, and coordination of care—because collaboration is more important than ever in challenging times. Organized by the Training & Health Equity Collaborative with vital funding from Gilead Sciences.

📅 September 17–18, 2025
🖥️ Virtual | 10 am – 2 pm PT
👉 Learn more & register: http://tiny.cc/CCCHIV2025

09/15/2025

September 15 marks the first day of National Hispanic Heritage Month! 🎉Did you know that over 316,000 people who are Hispanic live with HIV? ♥️

While they only represent less than 20% of the entire U.S. population, they made up more than 30% of new HIV diagnoses in 2022. Prioritizing HIV prevention, care, and treatment resources and services in Hispanic and Latine communities is essential in order to end the epidemics.

To learn more, visit: https://www.kff.org/hiv-aids/the-impact-of-hiv-on-hispanic-latino-people-in-the-united-states/.

09/09/2025

📣 Today, September 9, is National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV and Hepatitis Awareness ( ) Day 🌍, a day dedicated to educating and supporting African immigrant communities in the fight against HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B ❤️. To learn more about this observance and how to get involved, visit 🔗: nairhhaday.org.

09/05/2025

After nearly six years of serving as NASTAD’s Executive Director, Dr. Stephen Lee has announced that he will be stepping down from his role, effective January 31, 2026. NASTAD thanks Dr. Stephen Lee for his admirable leadership and his commitment to NASTAD staff and its membership. Read more here: https://nastad.org/blog/update-nastad-board-chair.