Triple Threat Webinar

THIS IS A RECORDING OF A 1/26/21 Webinar. CME is NOT available for this playback recording of this learning session.

  Learning Objectives:

• Describe the various treatment and supports for HIV, hepatitis C, and SUD patients in Connecticut
• Understand how the role of legislation and advocacy improve access to care for HIV, hepatitis C, and SUD patients
• Describe how health inequities, including systemic racism, are barriers to care, especially in the time of Covid-19

Targeted Populations

A variety of the listed populations will be discussed at this event.

• Adolescents (ages 13 to 17)
• Young Adults (ages 18 to 24)
• Older Adults (ages 50 and over)
• Black or African American
• Hispanic or Latino
• Women
• Homeless or unstably housed
• Incarcerated or recently released

Topics

A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.

• Behavioral Prevention
• Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
• U=U/treatment as prevention
• Other biomedical prevention
• HIV monitoring and lab tests (i.e. CD4 ad viral load)
• HIV resistance testing and interpretation
• Linkage to Care
• Retention and/or re-engagement in care
• Hepatitis C
• Substance use disorders
• Opioid use disorder
• COVID-19