The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit will highlight the role that biomedical prevention tools such as PrEP, PEP, Treatment as Prevention (TasP), and U=U have in ending the epidemic while working in the current COVID environment.
The Power of Togetherness: Building Future HIV Advocates
Collaborators: HVTN, Black AIDS Institute, Treatment Action Group, and Southern AIDS Coalition
SESSION 1
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Description: In 2019, the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) partnered with the Black AIDS Institute (BAI) and Treatment Action Group (TAG) to develop “We The People Research Cohort” (WTPRC), a 16-week, first-of-its-kind certification program for HIV prevention research advocates, created through a uniquely and unapologetically Black lens. In 2021, after reviewing lessons learned from its first cohort and the addition of the Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC) to the partnership, the program was re-launched with an increased retention and graduation rate. This workshop will provide best practices and strategies to engage underrepresented populations in biomedical HIV research to increase their visibility in the field of HIV advocacy, the process of designing curricula on biomedical prevention, and the power of collective impact among HIV advocacy organizations.
COVID-19 Kept Us Apart but Brought Faith and Science Together!
Ulysses Burley III, M.D., M.P.H., HVTN/CoVPN Faith Ambassador
SESSION 3
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Description: The COVID-19 global pandemic ushered in an era of unprecedented partnership across industries to respond to this public health crisis. Among them was collaboration between faith communities and the scientific community. Faith — much like scientific research — is rooted in the desire for abundant life for all, with healing as a key tenant in every sacred text. This workshop will review a model implemented in Northern Georgia during the COVID-19 pandemic that leveraged both spirituality and science to deliver comprehensive COVID-19 education and information to the most vulnerable populations, with sensitivity to diverse belief systems. Join the Executive Director of Foundations for Living and the Founder of UBtheCURE to hear best practices and explore how this model can be a framework for HIV/AIDS education, and other health disparities.