What You Need to Know…

Alisha Ostberg antiretroviral therapy, Blog, harm reduction, living with HIV, prevention, research, support, testing, treatment

At HIV Community Link we are committed to staying up-to-date on the latest and greatest information and trends affecting our work and the communities we serve. One way we do this is through our new series: What You Need to Know. The first four topics in this series are based on the most common and frequently asked questions we receive in-person, online, by phone, email and social media. Get in touch with all your questions – we’re the LINK!

African Communities Project Rocking it in the Night Clubs

Alisha Ostberg Blog, condoms, prevention, safer sex

Online dating, youth groups and night clubs are all great places where people can meet and start dating. The African Communities project has made great strides in spreading the HIV message to its community members while most recently joining hands with some African Night clubs in the city.

13th Annual Harm Reduction Conference

Alisha Ostberg Blog, drug use, harm reduction, human rights, prevention

This year we are so excited that Kenneth Tupper, Ph.D., Dr. Carl Hart and Donald MacPherson will be joining us as plenary speakers and we can’t wait to see who else! The call for abstracts for anyone interested in presenting has gone out and anyone wishing to submit an abstract related to policy, practice or research should do so by February 9, 2015!! The more the better!!

New Technologies are Changing the Dynamics of HIV Risk

Alisha Ostberg antiretroviral therapy, Blog, condoms, Gay Men, harm reduction, HEAT, living with HIV, MSM, prevention, safer sex

Is a person who does not know their HIV status or who has never been tested pose a higher risk for HIV transmission due to their unknown or assumed HIV negative status than a person on TasP with controlled virus or on PreP and known HIV status? These are some of the questions being raised as a result of these new and emerging technologies.