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Building Community Engagement for Syringe Services Programs

SFDPH has a long history of working with the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD). We formalized the relationship in 2010, when a Police Department Bulletin was developed between…

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Pill bottle

The United States Opioid Epidemic

Approximately 30,000 people died from opioid overdose in 2014, a dramatic increase since the 1990s. The reason for this epidemic is multi-faceted, including changes in the way medicine…

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San Francisco City Street

Featuring Our Faculty: As San Francisco Goes, So Goes the State?

By: Jacob Anderson-Minshall for Plus By now, many have heard about San Francisco’s public health miracle — a dramatic reduction in new HIV infections that put the county…

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Featuring Our Faculty: HIV Infections in SF Hit Low, but Drive Misses African Americans

New HIV infections dropped to historic lows in San Francisco last year as the city amped up an aggressive campaign to essentially end the AIDS epidemic by 2020,…

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Featuring Our Faculty: Here’s Why HIV Rates aren’t Going Down for People of Color

Once considered ground zero for the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, San Francisco in recent years has been lauded as a success story for reducing transmission rates…

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PrEP for Her: Bringing Women into the HIV Prevention Conversation

“PrEP for a lot of women, will be their entry point for access to care,” noted Martha Cameron, Director of Prevention at The Women’s Collective. “They are hearing…

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City skyline of San Francisco

Featuring Our Faculty: Search for HIV’s Holy Grail: New Plan of Attack in SF

Scientists have had profound success in treating and preventing HIV and AIDS, turning what was once an almost-certain death sentence into a condition now labeled a chronic illness.…

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Computer Work Station

Promoting PrEP Through Online Learning Collaborative

The Project PrIDE Learning Community is here and ready to launch! The Project PrIDE online e-learning collaborative is a one-stop destination for providers to share knowledge about PrEP/PEP…

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A community of people

Making Progress in Serving Transgender Communities

We’re beginning to make progress, and one sign of it came over the wire : The federal Department of Health and Human Services Director of Infectious Diseases and…

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Reducing Substance Use and Associated Risk Behaviors with Pharmacotherapy

Substance use is a modifiable risk factor for HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM). Multiple studies have linked substance use to sexual risk behaviors…

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Consultation with doctor

Featuring our Faculty: Why Aren’t More Women Taking PrEP?

While the bulk of new HIV infections in the U.S. happen among men who have sex with men, women contribute a significant number of new infections every year; in…

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Addressing Disparities for Black MSM in HIV Prevention: the 2016 NBHAAD Conversation

HIV prevention and treatment is at a crucial juncture, a place where cities and counties can envision a path to zero new HIV infections and HIV-related deaths. With…

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    Past Events

  1. 10/25/18 PrEP and Youth: Opportunities for Increasing Equity

    Thursday, October 25: 9:00 am - 10:00 am
    October 25, 2018 – 9:00am – 10:00am PST / 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST Adolescents and young adults ages 13 to 24 still comprise a disproportionate number of new… More...

  2. 02/20/19 Public Health Detailing Institute

    Wednesday, February 20: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
    In order to scale up pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and rapid initiation of antiretrovirals after HIV diagnoses (RAPID), it is important that clinical providers are knowledgeable about both of… More...

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Building Community Engagement for Syringe Services Programs

SFDPH has a long history of working with the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD). We formalized the relationship in 2010, when a Police Department Bulletin was developed between…

More...
Pill bottle

The United States Opioid Epidemic

Approximately 30,000 people died from opioid overdose in 2014, a dramatic increase since the 1990s. The reason for this epidemic is multi-faceted, including changes in the way medicine…

More...
San Francisco City Street

Featuring Our Faculty: As San Francisco Goes, So Goes the State?

By: Jacob Anderson-Minshall for Plus By now, many have heard about San Francisco’s public health miracle — a dramatic reduction in new HIV infections that put the county…

More...

Featuring Our Faculty: HIV Infections in SF Hit Low, but Drive Misses African Americans

New HIV infections dropped to historic lows in San Francisco last year as the city amped up an aggressive campaign to essentially end the AIDS epidemic by 2020,…

More...
Lab Test

Featuring Our Faculty: Here’s Why HIV Rates aren’t Going Down for People of Color

Once considered ground zero for the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, San Francisco in recent years has been lauded as a success story for reducing transmission rates…

More...

PrEP for Her: Bringing Women into the HIV Prevention Conversation

“PrEP for a lot of women, will be their entry point for access to care,” noted Martha Cameron, Director of Prevention at The Women’s Collective. “They are hearing…

More...
City skyline of San Francisco

Featuring Our Faculty: Search for HIV’s Holy Grail: New Plan of Attack in SF

Scientists have had profound success in treating and preventing HIV and AIDS, turning what was once an almost-certain death sentence into a condition now labeled a chronic illness.…

More...
Computer Work Station

Promoting PrEP Through Online Learning Collaborative

The Project PrIDE Learning Community is here and ready to launch! The Project PrIDE online e-learning collaborative is a one-stop destination for providers to share knowledge about PrEP/PEP…

More...
A community of people

Making Progress in Serving Transgender Communities

We’re beginning to make progress, and one sign of it came over the wire : The federal Department of Health and Human Services Director of Infectious Diseases and…

More...

Reducing Substance Use and Associated Risk Behaviors with Pharmacotherapy

Substance use is a modifiable risk factor for HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM). Multiple studies have linked substance use to sexual risk behaviors…

More...
Consultation with doctor

Featuring our Faculty: Why Aren’t More Women Taking PrEP?

While the bulk of new HIV infections in the U.S. happen among men who have sex with men, women contribute a significant number of new infections every year; in…

More...
National Black HIV/AIDS Awarness Day Logo

Addressing Disparities for Black MSM in HIV Prevention: the 2016 NBHAAD Conversation

HIV prevention and treatment is at a crucial juncture, a place where cities and counties can envision a path to zero new HIV infections and HIV-related deaths. With…

More...
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