The Division of HIV Prevention (DHP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will convene its next HIV Prevention and Care Priorities – Regional Virtual Community Engagement Town Hall on August 16, 2022 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST with HHS Regions 5 and 7. The Town Hall will provide a venue for discussion and collaboration focused on barriers to and opportunities for improving HIV diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and outbreak response.

The goal of the Town Halls is to partner with community leaders and members to understand and plan for addressing the longstanding inequities that continue to contribute to severe  HIV-related disparities and to work together to achieve the goals of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative.

We invite you to attend and participate in these very important engagement sessions. We will discuss priorities for improving HIV prevention and care services, as well as recent successes in extending the reach and improving the quality of these services. 

We will also examine barriers and challenges in providing HIV prevention and care services, innovations in addressing these barriers, and critical approaches to advancing health equity. Finally, we will discuss approaches to advancing HIV diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and response goals. This Town Hall will focus on activities within HHS Regions 5 and 7 but is open to all to attend. Additional Town Halls will be scheduled to cover the other regions of the country. Please register for the event, and we will see you there.