News and Events

Request for Proposals: Ending the HIV Epidemic

The Office of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care (OPHC) seeks to increase efforts to end the HIV epidemic and to reduce new HIV infections in the state of Alabama. Please download the full RFP for important dates and other details. All required documentation should be emailed to [email protected].

Request for Proposals: HIV Prevention

The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified applicants to implement comprehensive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) projects to prevent new infections and improve the health of people with HIV. Please download the full RFP for important dates and other details. All required documentation should be emailed to [email protected].

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.

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.

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