September 18 marks National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day, a time to examine the challenges faced by older adults around HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and care. Seniors may be less aware of prevention best practices and HIV exposure risks, …
Injectable estrogen is a critical health need for transgender women, as shown in the following research by Dr. Sean Cahill and Sophia Geffen of The Fenway Institute,Tim Horn of Treatment Action Group, and Kimberleigh Joy Smith of Callen-Lorde Community Health …
Understanding syndemics. Developing strategies to overcome barriers to care for transgender people. Expanding access to PrEP. Using digital technologies to stop HIV.
These are some of the areas that scientists and researchers at The Fenway Institute are exploring to fight …
The Evidence-Informed Interventions Coordinating Center for Technical Assistance (E2i CCTA), funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA/HAB) and led by The Fenway Institute in partnership with AIDS United, has awarded 26 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) …
Currently, no vaccine exists that can cure HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Today, 36.7 million people are living with HIV/AIDS. Despite progress with antiretroviral therapy and other research dedicated to stopping this disease, there still is a dire need …
Registration is now open for the 33rd annual AIDS Walk & Run Boston, which will take place Sunday, June 3, 2018. The event regularly draws thousands of participants, making it the region’s largest HIV/AIDS public awareness event. The Walk is …
The AIDS Action Committee of Fenway Health is now offering free, confidential HIV testing, as well as referrals to HIV treatment and prevention, in Lynn for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women. Testing is available on …
India, home to over 1.3 billion people, is experiencing the third largest HIV epidemic in the world. According to UNAIDS, there are 2.1 million people currently living with HIV/AIDS in the country, with only half of those people accessing antiretroviral …
Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief, Retaining transgender women in care: Best practices in the field, outlining provider best practices and innovative programs that result in higher rates of adherence to prescribed treatments among …
The Fenway Institute’s Evidence-Informed Interventions Coordinating Center for Technical Assistance, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA/HAB), has awarded 26 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program recipient organizations across the United States with up to $170,000 in funding …
