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Gilead Announces Changes to Advancing Access Program

Gilead announced its committed to ensuring that people at risk of HIV have access to Truvada for PrEP (emtricitabine 200 mg and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg) tablets. Gilead supports comprehensive payer coverage and maintains the Gilead Advancing Access program …

July 25, 2018 |

IHIPC Recruiting New Members for 2019

Applications will be accepted until September 15

The Illinois HIV Integrated Planning Council (IHIPC) has officially opened up its recruitment for new members for 2019. The council seeks to fill six at-large non-voting member positions. Applications will be accepted until …

July 17, 2018 |

Free IHIPC Webinar Training on High-Impact HIV Prevention Now Posted

The annually updated “High Impact Prevention and Approved Prevention Strategies and Interventions” webinar training can be found directly at: http://www.ihipc.org/HIP&AHSI. The training is presented by Jeffery Erdman on behalf of the Illinois HIV Integrated Planning Council (IHIPC) Linkage to …

July 17, 2018 |

Northwestern’s EDIT Community Spotlight Podcast is Live

The Evaluation, Data Integration, and Technical Assistance (EDIT) Program housed in Northwestern University’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing is starting a podcast called the EDIT Community Spotlight.

The podcast will feature a series of conversations with …

July 16, 2018 |

Help Test a HIV Prevention App for Young Men Age 13 to 18

The MyPEEPS Mobile Study at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is looking for young guys age to 13 to 18 who are into other guys to help test a mobile HIV prevention app. Eligible individuals will …

July 16, 2018 |

ATEAM Looks for PrEP Study Participants

The ATEAM Study at the CORE Center of the Cook County Health and Hospital System is looking for assigned males at birth age 16 to 24 who are HIV-negative and interested in PrEP.

The ATEAM Study is a NIH-sponsored study …

July 16, 2018 |

The Five Big Takeaways of HIV Testing

Chicagoan and Upworthy writer Robbie Couch got tested for HIV on National HIV Testing Day. He wrote about the five big takeaways of the experience. Along the way, he met Melvin Laureano, manager of HIV services at the Center on …

June 29, 2018 |

Advocates and Leaders Sought for Illinois HIV/AIDS Policy Initiative: July 15 deadline

The Illinois Alliance for Sound AIDS Policy (IL ASAP) is seeking advocates and leaders who reside in Illinois and wish to participate in an education, capacity building, mobilization, and advocacy project. Participants can be HIV positive or negative. Providing more …

June 18, 2018 |

June 28 and 29: Illinois HIV Integrated Planning Council to Meet in Springfield

Two-day meeting is open to the public, in person and via webinar

The next meeting of the Illinois HIV Integrated Planning Council (IHIPC) will be a two-day in-person meeting held on June 28, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 …

June 4, 2018 |