Events
Upcoming Learning Opportunities
Harm Reduction Training for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Recovery Coaches: Cohort 1 (Monday Mornings)
This workshop is part one of four 3-hour sessions tailored to the roles of Community Health Workers and Recovery Coaches. Workshops are geared towards at-risk and emerging populations and include Safer Drug Use, Harm Reduction for the LGBTQIA+ Community, Harm Reduction for New Arrivals, and Reducing Harm in Commercial Sexual Exploitation. In addition to these virtual sessions, students who complete the training will schedule a time to attend AIDS Project Worcester to participate in Overdose Response/Narcan training. Click here to register. Sponsor: New England AIDS Education and Training Center Program
Empowerment through Awareness: HIV Testing and Substance Use Disorder
This in-person event will describe current United States and West Virginia HIV epidemiology and outbreaks, CDC recommendations for HIV testing, demographics and epidemiology of new HIV diagnoses in West Virginia, Appalachia, and the United States, discuss HIV transmission and commonly used substances and associated risk, and compare the overlap in HIV prevention and the health outcomes of people who inject drugs (PWID). Click here to register. Sponsor: MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center
MAI Series: PrEP Uptake in Black Women: A Larger Scope (Online)
This upcoming virtual spring series will provide exclusive training sessions on effectively engaging minority communities in HIV care, treatment, and prevention. This series will cover a broad range of topics related to the Minority AIDS Initiative's goal of improving access to HIV care and health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority populations who are disproportionately affected by HIV. Marissa Robinson, DrPH, MPH, RPCV, will be the speaker at this event. Click here to register. Sponsor: MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center Program
2024 Accelerating Health Equity Conference (Missouri)
Join health equity, population health, and community health leaders in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 7-9 to help lead the way to better health outcomes. This conference brings together professionals focused on improving community and population health and building partnerships and professionals striving to advance diversity and inclusion within hospital management and executive levels. Click here to register. Sponsor: American Hospital Association