The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) applauds the choice of Francisco Ruiz as the new Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). Mr. Ruiz will take an instrumental role in supporting and implementing efforts to end HIV and to ensure...
Washington, D.C.: The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) yesterday announced the Dr. Dawn K. Smith HIV Prevention Clinical Fellowship, funded by a grant through ViiV Healthcare. The fellowship will provide comprehensive HIV prevention training for non-infectious disease clinicians and will focus efforts in communities...
Transgender care, gender-diverse care, and gender-affirming care is life-saving health care. As an organization whose members are comprised of health care providers and clinicians, the Academy unequivocally supports transgender care, gender-diverse care, and gender-affirming care as well as the professionals who provide it. We uphold...
WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care (ITHC) have awarded the 2023 Cesar Augusto Caceres Award for Technology in HIV Practice to Damien Cares in Indianapolis, Ind. The organization and its president and CEO, Alan Witchey,...
As a professional association representing frontline HIV care providers, the American Academy of HIV Medicine strongly supports shared decision making and evidence-based, patient-centered choice on infant feeding options for people with HIV (PWH). This position is in alignment with the latest clinical guidelines issued in...
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Academy of HIV Medicine denounces last week’s court ruling on the Braidwood Management v. Becerra case. Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) violated...
WASHINGTON – Friday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposal to update the guidelines on donating blood for men who are gay, bisexual, or who have sex with men. The Academy applauds this step forward in equity for blood donations and calls on...
Academy Statement: The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued an updated draft recommendation on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). In a highly consequential action for the HIV community, the USPSTF is recommending with an “A” rating that clinicians offer PrEP “with effective antiretroviral therapy to...
Academy Statement: The American Academy of HIV Medicine stands with the LGBTQ community in Colorado Springs, Colo., and across the country, and unequivocally condemns the senseless shooting that killed five people and injured at least 25 others at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub, over the...
WASHINGTON, DC: For the first time, the American Academy of HIV Medicine is offering continuing education (CE) through an article published in its flagship magazine, HIV Specialist, to add to the ways that providers can access timely, evidence-based HIV-related education. The Fall 2022 edition of the...