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The Well Project's team will be busy at this year's US Conference on HIV/AIDS! With an eye out for potential severe weather in the surrounding area, USCHA 2024 will take place at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 12 – 15, 2024. Be sure to visit us at Booth #710, The Well Project's booth in the exhibit hall, to say hello and pick up some of our new print materials on living well, by and for women living with HIV across the gender spectrum. You can also check out the sessions below to hear insights from our staff and collaborators.
We look forward to connecting with you!
The Well Project staff members will be participating as speakers in the following sessions:
- U=U: The Good News Strategy to End the HIV Epidemic: Undetectable Equals Untransmittable (U=U) is a revolution in living and loving with HIV, and a powerful strategy to end the HIV epidemic. With over 500,000 people living with HIV not sustaining U=U in the US, there is an urgent need to expand awareness and utilization of U=U in clinical settings, health communications, and advocacy efforts to fully realize its game-changing benefits. Featuring The Well Project executive director Krista Martel and stakeholder liaison Bridgette Picou, LVN, ACLPN. Friday, September 13, 8 – 11am CT
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- Unveiling HIV: Challenging Assumptions on Criminalization: Thirty states in the US criminalize people living with HIV. Research shows that these laws are used to prosecute Black people, who are already disproportionately targeted by other forms of criminalization and surveillance. It is against this backdrop that the CDC promotes Molecular HIV Surveillance (MHS), a program through which a national database of personal health data is collected without PLHIV's knowledge or consent. Through interactive discussions, attendees will learn from experts about the depths of these issues, challenge their assumptions, and re-evaluate who is the "public" when we discuss public health and safety. Featuring The Well Project senior manager of community programming Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin. Friday, September 13, 8 – 11am CT
- Malignancy of Stigma: A Cycle Breaking Review of Preventable Losses: A moderated panel discussion with an HIV specialized clinician, a seasoned case manager, a person living with HIV, and person who self identifies as someone who would benefit from PrEP. Framed as a retrospective case review, we will navigate together the preventable losses that the panel has experienced in their personal and professional lives. Through this methodological review, we will gain insight into how stigma negatively impacted these individual outcomes. Featuring Bridgette Picou. Friday, September 13, 2 – 4pm CT
- Educating Ourselves and Our Peers: HIV50+ Community Education Project: NMAC's 50+ Strong and Healthy Program has launched an online training center. NMAC has produced several virtual learning courses in the last year geared toward PLWH over 50, peer health educators, and providers. Participants can complete the learning modules related to diabetes, mental health, HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND), cardiovascular health, and Diabetes, among other topics, and share any helpful information with friends, clients, or others in their communities. Featuring Bridgette Picou. Saturday, September 14, 4:15 – 6:15pm CT
- Helping Long-Term Survivors Face Life's Final Chapter: For aging long-term survivors, mortality has taken center stage again. Funerals are back, though often the result of typical aging. How can care providers and advocates best address this with elder PLWHA? How do we reconcile our laser focus on "surviving" with the realities of advanced age? This interactive workshop will offer the same candid honesty about end-of-life that we have historically applied to crucial messaging around HIV prevention and sexuality. Featuring Bridgette Picou. Saturday, September 14, 4:15 – 6:15pm CT
