As many of you may know, December 1st was World AIDS Day, and this call will focus on the role that RHCs can serve in prevention, testing, treatment, and resource referral in their communities.Speakers will provide information about HIV prevalence in rural areas and clinical resources available to RHCs.
Speakers include:
- Janice C Probst, PhD, South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
- Deborah Parham Hopson, PhD, HRSA
- Ronald H. Goldschmidt, MD, National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center
- A representative from a regional AIDS Education Telehealth Training Center
The presenters will take questions from the audience. If you would like to submit a question ahead of time, please send it to: info@narhc.org and put “RHC TA Question” in the subject line.
The presenters’ slides will be available for download from the NARHC Website closer to the day of the call. A link will be provided when they are available.
Additional information:
As the result of advances in treatment, HIV has become a manageable chronic disease. However, many Americans living with HIV aren’t aware of their status, and others struggle to access lifesaving drug therapies due to cost and geography. Therefore, it is important that Americans at risk get tested, and those who have HIV begin and adhere to drug treatment regimens.
Earlier this year, the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center released a report titled HIV/AIDS in Rural America: Prevalence and Service Availability.Although rates of HIV/AIDS are lower in rural areas, rural residents disproportionately lack resources to treat HIV/AIDS. HRSA’s Ryan White Program funds a variety of resources, including the National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center and regional AIDS Education and Training Centers.
