News and Events

in+care Campaign

The Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau and the National Quality Center (NQC) have teamed up on this national retention campaign to improve our efforts to help people living with HIV stay in care or get into care. The campaign focuses on the simple idea that when patients stay in care they get the services that they need, leading to healthier people and stronger communities. For more information, visit in+care Campaign.

PrEP: A New Tool for HIV Prevention

Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a new HIV prevention method in which people who do not have HIV infection take a pill daily to reduce their risk of becoming infected. The pill contains medicines that prevent HIV from making new virus as it enters the body. In this way PrEP medicines can help keep the virus from establishing a permanent infection. Learn more about this new tool from CDC - PrEP.

nPEP: Nonoccupational Post Exposure Prophylaxis

The most effective means of preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is preventing exposure. The provision of antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection after unanticipated sexual or injection-drug--use exposure might be beneficial. Read the recommendations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Working Group on Nonoccupational Postexposure Prophylaxis (nPEP) in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Annual Update Now Available

The Alabama Department of Public Health has monitored the HIV epidemic within Alabama since the early 1980s. Information about the current HIV epidemic is now available in the Integrated Epidemiological Profile. You may view this document, as well as other documents from ADPH and the CDC, at Publications and Reports.

HIV Prevention Network Group Meetings

To find out dates for the HIV Prevention Network Group in your area, visit HIV Program Coordinators and choose the region nearest you.

Grants and Proposal Opportunities

Visit Grants and Proposals for information on funding opportunities available via the ADPH HIV program.

HIV and AIDS Awareness Days

February 7
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
The Strategic Leadership Council

March 10
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
The National Women's Health Information Center
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office on Women's Health

March 20
National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
The National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC)

April 10
National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day
Advocates for Youth

May 18
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

June 27
National HIV Testing Day
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

September 18
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
The AIDS Institute

September 27
National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Prevention Resources for People with HIV

October 15
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
The Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA)

December 1
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Campaign