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IAPAC launches multi-language myHIVclinic.org webportal focused on comorbidities and healthy aging with HIV. Click here to view the English- or Spanish-language version of the launch press release or visit myHIVclinic.org to access the webportal.

IAPAC and its membership accomplished some significant successes in 2012. Click here to view the Top 10 IAPAC Highlights of 2012.

IAPAC announces its name change to the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care effective 3 December 2012. Click here to view the announcement.

In response to the need to facilitate the integration of HCV management into primary care settings in the United States, IAPAC announced a partnership with The Alliance of Chicago and the National Association of Community Health Centers to pilot an EHR-based approach to HCV clinical management in community health center settings. Click here to view the press release announcing the partnership and its objectives.

IAPAC welcomes “The PEPFAR Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-Free Generation,” unveiled by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a World AIDS Day commemoration in Washington, DC. Click here to view the press statement.

Impacting the HIV Epidemic: The Role of Treatment as Prevention and Preexposure Prophylaxis is an online CME activity released August 17, 2012, by Medscape, LLC, in collaboration with IAPAC. The activity features an expert interview with Dr. Kenneth Mayer, Co-Chair of the Controlling the HIV Epidemic with Antiretrovirals evidence summit held June 11-12, 2012, in London. This activity is designated for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

IAPAC released a Consensus Statement on TasP and PrEP implementation at AIDS 2012. Click here to view the press release, or to download a copy of the Consensus Statement.

On March 5, 2012, the Annals of Internal Medicine e-published IAPAC’s new Guidelines for Improving Entry into and Retention in Care and Antiretroviral Adherence for Persons with HIV. Click here for more information about the guidelines, a summary of the recommendations, guidelines training slides in English and Spanish, or to access the guidelines.

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) awarded IAPAC a grant to launch a Multidisciplinary Care Team Initiative (MCTI) in East Africa. Click here to view an MCTI press release, an MCTI Fact Sheet, or a report from a recent MCTI Consultation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


Conferences & Workshops

GALEN Exam

The GALEN Exam is a multiple-choice question exam testing critical areas of HIV clinical management. It is now available electronically for physicians in:

  • Australia (English)
  • Canada (English)
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (English and French)
  • Western Europe (English)

Additional regional versions and translations into other languages will be available soon.

Physicians who pass the exam with a score of 70% or higher earn a “Certificate of Clinical Competence in HIV Medicine.” Click here to learn more about or to register online to take the GALEN Exam.

 

Newly Launched

myHIVclinic.org

IAPAC has launched a multi-language myHIVclinic.org webportal focused on the clinical management of comorbidities and healthy aging with HIV. Click here to view the English- or Spanish-language version of the launch press release or visit myHIVclinic.org to access the webportal.


without-exception.org

IAPAC has launched Without Exception, a webportal focused on promoting best practices in HIV testing. Click here to access www.without-exception.org.

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Conferences & Workshops
Adherence Conference 2013 June 2-4, 2013 • Miami

Co-sponsored by IAPAC
and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Click here for 2013 conference program, call for abstracts, registration, and other information

Click here to view Program and Abstracts book,
as well as select presentations from previous conferences.

 

ICVH Logo IAPAC is hosting a second Evidence Summit on
the implementation of treatment as prevention (TasP)
and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP),
September 22-24, 2013, in London.
The program, faculty roster, and registration information
will be available in late-March 2013.

Click here to receive periodic updates, including program, faculty roster, and registration information.

Click here to view a Consensus Statement from the 2012 Evidence Summit released at AIDS 2012.

 

e-LIBRARY

IAPAC Member Benefit

myHIVclinic.org

Click here to access IAPAC’s e-sharing webportal,
which offers a glimpse at the latest medical literature
of interest to our diverse membership.

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Special Events

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IAPAC's Satellite Session at AIDS 2012

Optimizing Entry into and Retention in HIV Care and ART Adherence: Implementing New IAPAC Guidelines

This AIDS 2012 Satellite Session will focus on recently published IAPAC guidelines that outline evidence-based interventions to improve entry into and retention in HIV care, as well as antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence (Thompson MA et al. Ann Intern Med. 2012 Jun 5;156(11):817-833.) for HIV-positive individuals.

Click here to view Program and presentations
 

Knowledge Base
         
SURVEYS

ATLIS Survey

Results from the landmark AIDS Treatment for Life International Survey (ATLIS), a multi-country survey of more than 2,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in 15 countries, were presented by IAPAC at the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) in Vienna, Austria.

Click here for ATLIS fact sheets, press release, and presentation



ONLINE CE


COMING SOON

Implementing IAPAC Entry into and Retention in Care and Antiretroviral Adherence Guidelines in Clinical Practice

“Implementing IAPAC Entry into and Retention in Care and Antiretroviral Adherence Guidelines in Clinical Practice: A Multidisciplinary Case Study-Based Activity” will be launched in Fall 2012. The activity is based on the recently published Guidelines for Improving Entry Into and Retention in Care and Antiretroviral Adherence for Persons With HIV (Thompson MA et al. Ann Intern Med. 2012 Jun 5;156(11):817-833.). This CE-accredited educational activity will be available to physicians, nurse-practitioners/nurses, pharmacists, and psychologists.

Click here to be alerted when this online activity goes live.
 
Click here to view the recently published IAPAC Guidelines.

JIAPAC


JIAPAC

IAPAC members receive the Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC), a bimonthly peer-reviewed, MEDLINE-indexed journal that presents original research, research reviews, case studies, and clinical perspectives on the treatment of HIV/AIDS.

Click here to view the current or past issues, review Calls for Papers, or to submit a manuscript

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IAPAC, in partnership with the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), developed Optimizing Entry Into and Retention in HIV Care and ART Adherence for PLWHA, a program designed to train and certify peer educators in the United States. Click here to download a copy of the train-the-trainer manual.

The Blueprint for the Provision of Comprehensive Care to Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Latin America and the Caribbean is a guide for implementing MSM-oriented health promotion and care activities. Click here to download an English- or Spanish-language copy of the blueprint.

The Blueprint to Address the Sexual and Reproductive Health Care and STI/HIV Prevention Needs of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Latin America and the Caribbean is a guide for addressing health care challenges faced by this at-risk population. Click here to download a copy of the blueprint.

Contributors, Members, Partners
National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc. GBCHealth AbbVie Inc. World Health Organization ViiV Healthcare Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stop TB Partnership Southern African HIV Clinicians Society Roll Back Malaria U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Pan American Health Organization OraSure Technologies, Inc. The OPEC Fund for International Development NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research NIH Office of AIDS Research Novartis National Institute of Mental Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Merck Gilead The European AIDS Clinical Society Bristol-Myers Squibb Boehringer Ingelheim British HIV Association Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
 
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