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Update of HIV Prevention: Pre- and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis

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Friends of the Homeless
755 Worthington Street. Springfield, MA 01105
Starts at: December 19, 2019 2:00pm ET
Ends at: December 19, 2019 3:00pm ET
Free Admission
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Description

Update of HIV Prevention: Pre-Exposure and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis

Objectives:

1. Review current guidelines on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis

2. Review current recommendations for post-exposure prophylaxis

3. Update on HIV local epidemiology

 

Presenter:

Daniel Skiest, M.D., FACP, FIDSA

Division of Infectious Diseases

Vice-Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine

Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate

 

Closed - talk only for Friends of the Homeless staff.

 

Topics

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

  • Behavioral Prevention
  • Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP, occupational and non-occupational)
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • HIV Epidemiology