More than 3,200 people are set to join NMAC and HIV colleagues from across the country at the upcoming U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS, which opens in Puerto Rico on Saturday. USCHA represents the most important opportunity yet for the HIV community to learn, share information and strategize together about the MPV outbreak.
The conference will include two institutes specifically focused on MPV – one sponsored by the Associated Nurses in AIDS Care, and another by NMAC. NMAC’s MPV institute will include a panel discussion, including such experts as Greg Millet of amfAR and Julio Frausto of Bienestar. Following the panel discussion, participants will divide into groups to brainstorm about what has worked to respond to MPV, what hasn’t and what needs to happen next.
AIDS United, NASTAD, the National Coalition of STD Directors, NMAC and the AIDS Institute will host a town hall meeting on MPV. Damián Cabrera-Candelaria and Daniel Driffin, NMAC’s focal points for MPV advocacy with the federal government, will facilitate the town hall, which will enable community members to articulate their demands to decision-makers at federal, state and local levels.
The closing plenary will further elevate attention to the fight against MPV. During USCHA, an on-site clinic will enable attendees to get vaccinated for MPV.