On Friday, February 5, 2016 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM (EST), Care Resource is participating in the Broward County PrEP Summit located a the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Airport & Cruise Port Hotel located at 1825 Griffin Road Dania, Florida. Lunch is provided.
Se invita a los participantes de la comunidad a participar en debates sobre:
• Problemas que afectan la educación e implementación de la PrEP en las comunidades negras
• Pagando por PrEP
• Superar el racismo y la desconfianza médicos
• Investigación biomédica relacionada con PrEP
According to Steven Santiago, M.D., Chief Medical Officer with Care Resource, “As a Physician Ambassador for the Florida Department of Health in Broward County, I am pleased to have been asked to moderate the panel discussion for the Broward County PrEP Summit to raise awareness and knowledge of the issues and challenges regarding the use of PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) to prevent HIV. When prescribed in conjunction with safer sex practices, PrEP has been shown to be over 90% effective at preventing HIV infection. I am excited to lend a hand to help improve the lives of our local Black population, a group that has been disproportionately affected by this treatable, but incurable, disease.”
La Cumbre de la PrEP del condado de Broward está organizada por el Black AIDS Institute. Fundado en mayo de 1999, el Black AIDS Institute es el único think tank nacional sobre el VIH / SIDA que se centra exclusivamente en los negros. La misión del Instituto es detener la pandemia del SIDA en las comunidades negras mediante la participación y la movilización de instituciones e individuos negros en los esfuerzos para enfrentar el VIH. El Instituto interpreta las políticas de VIH del sector público y privado, lleva a cabo capacitaciones, ofrece asistencia técnica, difunde información y brinda movilización de defensa desde un punto de vista único y sin disculpas.
Care Resource is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that provides comprehensive primary medical and preventive care, including health, oral and mental health/substance abuse services to all individuals in our community. For more information visit, www.careresource.org.
Care Resource Media Contact: Jonathan Welsh, Marketing and Development Manager, jwelsh@careresource.org, Tel: 305-576-1234 x 249
