While HIV rates are declining, STIs are on the rise across the city, according to 2019 HIV/STI Surveillance Report
Chicago, IL – Dec. 23, 2019 – Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced …
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Heads up! New Illinois Medicaid Prescription Drug Policy Coming Jan. 1, 2020
Are you on Medicaid? Do you have patients, friends or clients who are on Medicaid? If the answer is “yes,” keep reading the important information below!
On Jan. 1, 2020, prescription drug coverage is changing for Illinois Medicaid. Previously, Medicaid …
Illinois HIV Care Connect Encourages All Young People to Take the Y.O.U.T.H. Quiz
Springfield, Ill. – Sept. 17, 2019 – In an effort to encourage HIV testing and treatment among Illinois youth, Illinois HIV Care Connect today introduced the confidential Y.O.U.T.H. Quiz, with a version for young people living with HIV and a …
Improving Health Literacy Training Slides
These health literacy training slides to allow any organization, regardless of where it is located, to host its own health literacy training. Health professionals can download and deliver the training to their organization at any time.
The 60-minute community training …
Summer 2019 Issue of the IHIPC Quarterly Newsletter
The summer 2019 issue of the Illinois HIV Integrated Planning Council’s (IHIPC) Quarterly Newsletter can be disseminated to colleagues and community members. The newsletter’s editors express a big thank you to all article authors/ contributors featured in the issue. The …
Medical Monitoring Project to Interview Selected Individuals Living with HIV in Illinois
Consenting participants interviewed confidentially about their medical care experiences and needs
May 23, 2019 — The Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) is an HIV surveillance system designed to learn more about the experiences and needs of people who are living with …
Illinois Releases Final Getting to Zero Plan
The State of Illinois, City of Chicago, and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago Announce the Getting to Zero Illinois HIV Plan
New comprehensive plan seeks to end HIV epidemic in Illinois by 2030
SPRINGFIELD – May 14, 2019 – Governor …
Public Hearings on Illinois Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program Announced
May 8, 2019 — A Draft 2019 Consolidated Plan-ANNUAL Action Plan includes projected funding for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. There will be a public hearing about the plan on May 30 and comments can be …
Twenty Quiz Takers Win $25 Amazon Gift Cards
Feb. 25, 2019 — The Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA) sent $25 Amazon gift cards to 20 winners of a drawing for those who took the “Good Health is More Than Health Care” Quiz.
The gift cards were emailed to …
Gov. Pritzker Takes Executive Action to Strengthen State’s Commitment to Ending HIV Epidemic
Rockford, Ill. — Surrounded by health care providers and HIV prevention advocates at the Winnebago County Health Department, Governor JB Pritzker took executive action strengthening the state’s commitment to ending the HIV epidemic that has affected nearly 40,000 Illinois residents.…