HIV News – Pozabilities

June 5th is HIV Long Term Survivors Awareness Day #HLTSAD

HIV Long term survivors awareness day is June 5th. The organization “Let’s kick ass” has pulled together advocacy information to support this day. From their web site:

HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day (HLTSAD) is June 5, 2021, on the 40th anniversary of the first five cases of AIDS reported in the US in 1981.

With the theme “AIDS at 40: Envisioning a Future We Never Imagined”, Let’s Kick ASS‑AIDS Survivor Syndrome invites all HIV/AIDS long-term survivors to send us YOUR unmet needs, issues, and challenges.

Send an email to: Action@LetsKickASS.org. Between now and September 1, 2020, we will compile your priorities, and together we’ll mobilize for change.

On September 18, 2021, HIV and Aging Awareness Day, we’ll begin working on tangible calls to action to improve the quality of our lives. September 18 is also the anniversary of LKA’s first town hall in 2013.

It’s up to us to set our action plan addressing the present-day and future needs, issues, and challenges facing people living longest with HIV/AIDS.

We’ve waited long enough.

HLTSAD is not a time to look back at our traumatic pasts. (That’s for World AIDS Day.) Our goal over the coming months is for YOU to set our agenda and priorities for moving forward and take action to make changes.

People living with HIV/AIDS deserve to age with dignity.

https://www.hltsad.org/

VICE airs new documentary on living with HIV today

June 2021 marks 40 years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. For the occasion, Vice Studios filmed a two-hour documentary titled Vice Versa: The Neglected Pandemic, 40 Years of HIV & AIDS. The special premieres Wednesday, June 2, and is narrated by Queer Eye star and author Jonathan Van Ness, according to an exclusive in The Hollywood Reporter. [POZ article]

http://https://www.poz.com/article/tv-special-explore-like-living-hiv-today

POZ Stories: Jerry Turner

This is the first of our POZ Stories series, which highlights the people and organizations that are making a difference to the POZ community in San Diego. Jerry Turner is the Managing Director of the POZabilities organization and he talks about the group, its activities and future. He also shares stories about his life and history as a POZ activist.

NIH guidance on HIV and COVID Vaccines

On February 26th, the NIH updated recommendations for folks with HIV regarding COVID vaccines.

Click here for info!

HIV and aging legislation with Sen Laird

POZabilities is sponsoring a discussion with Sen Laird who has introduced legislation (SB 258) to add Personas with HIV/AIDS to the class of individuals who are eligible for enhanced services from the California department of Aging. Join us for the zoom session at 5:#0 on March 2, 2021.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86372022642?pwd=a3MwQVc0U0p2aytQWkZEQjlaazZXQT09

Meeting ID: 863 7202 2642
Passcode: 504292

San Diego HIV Planning Group – Consumer Involvement

If you are a resident of San Diego county and receiving services funded through the Ryan White Care Act, consider attending the HIV Planning group consumer committee. The planning group, within the County Health department, sets priorities and discusses how these funds are spent. Make your voice heard.

http://www.sdplanning.org/consumer-involvement/

HHS Releases HIV National Strategic Plan, a Roadmap to Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S.

The HIV Plan was developed collaboratively by federal partners from six federal departments and 12 HHS agencies and offices through a process led by the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and its Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP). Significant community input was gathered throughout the development process to inform and refine the HIV Plan.

https://www.hiv.gov/blog/hhs-releases-hiv-national-strategic-plan-roadmap-ending-hiv-epidemic-us

25th Anniversary of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program plays a critical role in the United States’ public health response to HIV and is the largest Federal program exclusively providing services to people living ...with the disease. On its 25th anniversary, health care providers and patients talk about how the Ryan White HIV AIDS program has benefited them and their communities.[+] Show More

Medical Animation: HIV and AIDS

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This video, created by Nucleus Medical Media, shows the function of white blood cells in ...normal immunity. It also portrays how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects the immune system and causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Common types of antiretroviral medications used to treat HIV and AIDS are also shown.

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How People With HIV Respond to COVID-19

How People With HIV Respond to COVID-19 - Judith Feinberg, HIVMA

Judith Feinberg, MD, FIDSA, Chair of the HIV Medicine Association, describes surprising outcomes for COVID-19 cases among people living with HIV. But danger is not completely absent, Dr. Feinberg notes.