CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Where We Are: Innovations in HIV Care Delivery

Episode Summary

Hear from global experts Ann Avery, MD; Isolde Butler, MD, MPH; Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH; Marissa Gonzalez; Angelina Namiba; and Miłosz Parczewski, MD, PhD, on how innovative models of care are minimizing barriers to HIV care engagement to improve uptake by key underserved populations.

Episode Notes

In this first of 3 episodes, global HIV experts and advocates discuss how innovative models of care are minimizing barriers to HIV care engagement to improve uptake by key underserved populations, including:

• How peer support programs empower people to combat stigma, become more educated about treatment, and be engaged participants in their HIV care
• Strategies for addressing potential unmet mental healthcare needs among people living with HIV
• Approaches to reengage people with HIV who transit through county jail systems
• How integrated care strategies and wrap-around services can overcome some of the barriers to care that are associated with social determinants of health
• Key considerations when providing HIV care for migrant and refugee populations
   

Faculty:

Ann Avery, MD
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Division of Infectious Diseases
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio

Jennifer Blanchette, PhD
Independent Contractor
Clinical Care Options
Colorado, United States

Isolde Butler, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
CrescentCare
New Orleans, Louisiana

Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine
Director, Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Medical Director, Ward 86 HIV Clinic
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
San Francisco, California

Marissa Gonzalez
Chair
Community Advisory Board
The Well Project

Angelina Namiba
Founder Member
4M Network of Mentor Mothers
London, United Kingdom

Chloe Orkin, MBChB, FRCP, MD
Professor of Infection and Inequities
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Queen Mary University of London
Blizard Institute
Barts Health NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom

Miłosz Parczewski, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Department Head
Consultant in Infectious Diseases
Department of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Acquired Immunodeficiency
Pomeranian Medical University
Szczecin, Poland

Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/3QFwv7n

Links to programs discussed in the episode:
https://4mmm.org/
https://positivepeers.org/