HIVMA
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A community of nearly 6,000 health care professionals who advance a comprehensive and humane response to the HIV pandemic.
An amfAR report finds that 2025 PEPFAR funding interruptions disrupted HIV treatment and prevention worldwide, contributing to clinic closures and workforce reductions. Services for key populations were among the hardest hit. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3TVxnsv
Congress is in recess, which is the perfect time to meet with your lawmakers in their local offices and advocate for HIV care. HIVMA is partnering with the Save HIV Funding campaign to help members schedule and prepare for meetings. Interested? Contact us: https://bit.ly/3TzbKy5
Reports that the CDC is abruptly ending its high-impact HIV prevention program after more than 35 years are deeply concerning. HIVMA urges the Administration to reverse this decision: https://bit.ly/3RuCChZ
HIV stigma continues to be a barrier to prevention, testing, treatment and care. On #ZeroHIVStigmaDay, we join the call to end stigma and advance health equity for all people affected by HIV. Learn more this #ZHSD: https://bit.ly/4yzEQx5
On National #HIVPreventionDay, HIVMA urges policymakers to fully fund HIV prevention programs and establish a National PrEP Program to ensure everyone who could benefit from PrEP can access it and to help realize the full promise of HIV prevention. Our statement: bit.ly/4wSQx0s
Today, HIVMA joins organizations across the country in observing National #HIVPreventionDay. Together, we can reduce stigma, expand access to prevention, and build a future where everyone has access to the care and services they need to stay healthy. #PrEP4All Learn more: https://prep4all.org/
PrEP use continues to grow in the U.S., but the increase from 2024 to 2025 was the smallest annual gain in the past five years. Expanding access to HIV prevention services is critical to ending the HIV epidemic. Explore the latest AIDSVu PrEP resources: https://bit.ly/4f9hkhI
ICYMI: The recording of “Long-Acting HIV Care, Lauren’s Way,” hosted by HIVMA’s Ending the HIV Epidemic Community of Practice, is now available. Learn practical strategies to scale long-acting anti-retrovirals in diverse clinical settings. Watch here: https://bit.ly/3SZb84i
In CID, HIVMA HIV Primary Care Guidance panel members recommend new sources for immunization guidance following changes to ACIP processes, citing concerns about transparency and evidence review standards. Read: https://bit.ly/4vaNM9w
This #NationalHIVTestingDay, know your status and take charge of your health. HIV testing, including self-testing, is the first step to prevention, care and treatment. Find a testing option that works for you and get tested: https://locator.hiv.gov/
An interim final rule released June 1 by CMS outlining how states must implement H.R. 1’s Medicaid work requirements heightens concerns and increases fears about the consequences of our country’s eroding HIV response. Our full statement: https://bit.ly/4w4VjY1
Congratulations to past Board member and 2025 HIVMA Transformative Leader Award Winner Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH, (drdemetre.bsky.social) for throwing the ceremonial First Pitch at last night’s Nationals game! ⚾🌈 📷 Photos by Washington Nationals.
Why HIV? HIVMA members Elizabeth Sherman, PharmD, and Julia Rosebush, DO, FAPP, FPIDS, share what led them to the field of HIV and what continues to drive their commitment today. Learn more about a career in HIV: https://www.hivma.org/
As the HIV community marks 45 years since the CDC’s first HIV/AIDS report, the House has advanced a bill that would upend decades of hard-won progress in the fight against HIV. We call on Congress to reject these proposals and fund federal HIV programs: https://bit.ly/4e3ymxf
Advocates, health care providers, and allies gathered on the U.S. Capitol Grounds for yesterday's #CostOfSurvival Rally, calling on Congress to address rising health care costs, threats to HIV programs and Medicaid, and housing and food security.
Join advocates, health care providers, and allies at the #CostOfSurvival Rally this Wednesday, June 3 at 12pm ET on the U.S. Capitol Grounds to demand action to protect Medicaid, HIV funding, and the essential services people rely on to survive. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/3PQyiJ8
ICYMI, HIVMA member Darrell McBride, DO, FIDSA, shares the realities of delivering HIV and infectious diseases care in rural communities in a new #LetsTalkID podcast. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Search “Let’s Talk ID.” Transcript: bit.ly/4dR33Xi
Learn practical strategies to scale long-acting anti-retrovirals in diverse clinical settings during our webinar next Friday, June 5 at 1pm ET, featuring speakers Meredith Lora, MD, and Jonathan Colasanti, MD, of Emory University School of Medicine. Register: https://bit.ly/4u0HIzy
On #IDPharmacistsDay, HIVMA celebrates pharmacists like Board member Sheila Montalvo, PharmD, whose expertise is vital in ensuring patients can access and maintain effective HIV treatment and prevention medications, including new long-acting options.
Missed last week's Advocacy Day? Join IDSA’s and HIVMA’s Member Advocacy Program (MAP)! Advocate with your colleagues on issues that impact the ID and HIV landscape and develop relationships with key stakeholders on the Hill. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Z44hHR
Last month, Amesika Nyaku, MD, and Hanan Abdulahi, MPP, presented at the NMAC Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit, highlighting the importance of syndemic care education. Learn more about syndemic care resources: https://bit.ly/4v0YdwD
Thank you to the office of @warren.senate.gov for meeting with our members, Dr. Philip Bolduc, Dr.Andrea Ciaranello and HIV nurse Mary Piecewicz, about the importance of sustained federal funding for HIV programs.
Thank you @repgregstanton.bsky.social for your and your staff’s strong support of funding for federal HIV programs including the Ryan White Program and HIV prevention at the CDC. #SaveHIVFunding
HIMVA board members @acthornton.bsky.social, Nada Fadul, MD, FIDSA, and past chair Judith Feinberg, MD, FIDSA, are on Capitol Hill, advocating on the importance of HIV funding.
It’s Hill Day! Thank you @captmarkkelly.bsky.social for meeting with us and Dr. Sudha Nagalingam today to discuss how Ryan White Program cuts in Arizona are impacting people with HIV, the benefits of HIV research to new cancer treatments and more.
#IDWeek2026 registration is NOW OPEN for all partner society members! Join us in person in Washington, DC, Oct. 21–24, or attend virtually from anywhere in the world. 🌍 Register today and save: www.idweek.org/registration
A new data brief found that 68% of respondents reported operational changes in HIV clinics from early Nov. to early Dec. 2025, with top impacts in gender-affirming care, case management/navigation, and housing-related supports. Read the brief: https://bit.ly/4tTU7WA
Thank you @degette.house.gov for speaking up at last week’s FY27 HHS budget hearing and highlighting the real-world consequences of HIV funding instability. Protecting access to HIV prevention and care saves lives, and setbacks put progress at risk.
