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Fri Nov 8 12:43:07 PST 2024

Hello, HIV and STI prevention partners!

Welcome to this week’s HIV/STI Prevention listserv email! Please email me at shelley.m.pearson at oha.oregon.gov<mailto:shelley.m.pearson at oha.oregon.gov> with any feedback about the listserv, with announcements/resources to share to the list, or if you have colleagues who would like to be added to the list. For more information about the resources shared, please reach out via the contact information in each item. Thank you!

In this email (click to jump to any item):

  *   End HIV Oregon November Social Media Calendar
  *   FDA Notice on HIV Testing Technologies
  *   Upcoming Webinar (11/12/24): The Patient-Led Methadone Movement: How a Group of Drug Users and Patients Changed Methadone Forever
  *   Upcoming Webinar (11/13/24): National Black Harm Reduction Network Overview, Technical Assistance, and Mentorship Program

Hello End HIV/STI Oregon Partners,

The social media images/visuals for End HIV/STI Oregon are now in the Ambassador Kit for the month of NOVEMBER. Remember that you can always customize the captions of the social media posts to be specific to your community. Have a testing event? Want to reach out to a specific community? We can help! Please don’t hesitate to reach out if there’s anything you’d like to see in the Ambassador Kit or social media posts. Contact Linda Drach at OHA (linda.drach at oha.oregon.gov<mailto:linda.drach at oha.oregon.gov>) or go directly to Sproles, our social media consultant at Coates Kokes (sproles at coateskokes.com<mailto:sproles at coateskokes.com>).

You can always access the new and archived monthly resources at www.endhivoregon.org<https://www.endhivoregon.org/>. There’s a link to our partner page on the footer of the website or you can go directly to the partner page at www.endhivoregon.org/partners<http://www.endhivoregon.org/partners/>. On the partner page, click on the “Partner Resource Downloads” button (screenshot below) and enter password HIVResources to open the Ambassador Kit.

Screenshots:
Look for this button on the website footer to open the partner page
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On the partner page, click on this button to log in with password HIVResources
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I wish you all success in your social media outreach!

Thanks,
Linda

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FDA Notice on HIV Testing Technologies

On October 29, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the notice, Important Information on Use of Unapproved Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Blood Sample Self-Collection Kits,<https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/safety-availability-biologics/important-information-use-unapproved-human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-blood-sample-self-collection> advising public health programs administering HIV testing that HIV blood sample self-collection kits are being marketed in the United States without the required FDA marketing authorization. Currently, FDA has not authorized any self-collection kits to collect blood samples, including dried blood spot self-collection cards, for HIV testing.

This notice greatly impacts telePrEP programs utilizing DBS technology for HIV screenings as part of PrEP initiation and continuation labs.

Starting on Friday, November 1, 2024, the TakeMeHome program will be removing HIV DBS testing from their testing options in accordance with the FDA warning letter. Other telePrEP programs utilizing this testing technology may be following suit in compliance with the FDA notice. Currently, OraQuick In-Home HIV Test is the only HIV self-test with FDA authorization.

TelePrEP programs have developed successful models that don’t depend on DBS self-collection kits through partnerships with commercial and public health laboratories.

NASTAD will continue to provide updates as more develops and continue to share best practices related to the tests recommended for PrEP care.
Join our mailing list <https://nastad.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=bc887033bc1053f5e05909382&id=8a918e16d0> for updates on our PrEP access work.
Please contact PrEP at NASTAD.org<mailto:PrEP at NASTAD.org> with any questions.
Copyright © 2019 NASTAD, All rights reserved.

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November 4, 2024

TO: NASTAD Members

CC: Drug User Health Listserv, Strengthening Syringe Services Programs Grantees

FR: Stephen Lee, Juan Tirado, and Kirsten Forseth

RE: The Patient-Led Methadone Movement: How a Group of Drug Users and Patients Changed Methadone Forever

NASTAD is pleased to announce the upcoming webinar, “The Patient-Led Methadone Movement: How a Group of Drug Users and Patients Changed Methadone Forever” on Tuesday, November 12, 3:00 – 4:15 PM ET. Until recently, little had changed about methadone access for the entirety of its existence. But in the last year alone, more changes have been made to the regulations governing this treatment than in the over sixty years it has been offered. These changes come amid the worst rates of overdose the United States has ever seen and follow on the heels of a pandemic that had a devastating impact on people who use drugs.

This webinar will tell the story of how a small group of drug users not only survived these conditions but found a way to unite in the fight to change the face of methadone administration throughout the country.  This webinar will review the origins of this nationwide coalition, comprised of a group of noncompliant methadone patients who refused to stop fighting for the right to better treatment, outline key timelines and advocacy efforts, and highlight the courageous work that sparked a movement to reform methadone toward a more patient-centered, humanistic approach. Please register for the webinar here<https://nastad.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpcOChrjgqE9KYbaZurtyIOIn9GTEa1-t0>. A recording will be shared to registrants following the webinar.

Please contact Kirsten Forseth<mailto:kforseth at nastad.org> or Juan Tirado with any questions.

 Stephen Lee MD, MBA, DHSM

Executive Director

Pronouns: He/Him/His

202.897.0028 | slee at NASTAD.org<mailto:slee at NASTAD.org>

Connect with us:  LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/nastad> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/NASTAD> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/NASTAD> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/user/NASTAD1992> | Instagram<http://www.instagram.com/nastad1992>

NASTAD | 444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 339 | Washington, DC 20001| NASTAD.org<http://www.nastad.org/>

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November 1, 2024

TO: NASTAD Members

CC: Drug User Health Listserv

FR: Stephen Lee, Lillie Armstrong, and Juan Tirado

RE: Upcoming Webinar: National Black Harm Reduction Network Overview, Technical Assistance, and Mentorship Program

Please join NASTAD Drug User Health and the National Black Harm Reduction Network (NBHRN) for a webinar Wednesday, November 13, 3:00 -4:15 PM ET, that will overview NBHRN’s goals, approaches, and upcoming mentorship program for Black harm reductionists. Co-Director Joy Rucker and Monique Tula, national consultant, will speak about the network’s formation and share recommendations and opportunities for public health partners to advance the Black harm reduction workforce. They will also walk through the mentorship program application process and answer questions about participation. Please register for the webinar here.<https://nastad.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqf-uupjoqEtJM_qErx6dYEf9VJTENH_n6> A recording will be shared with registrants following the webinar. This webinar is presented with support from the Opioid Response Network<https://opioidresponsenetwork.org/>.

The National Black Harm Reduction Network<https://www.nbhrn.org/> acts through advocacy and policy, network building, technical assistance, and subject matter expertise to support the success, development, and collective power of Black harm reductionists and Black people and communities working to end the War on Drugs. To learn more about the TA and subject matter expertise available through NBHRN, please contact info at nbhrn.org<mailto:info at nbhrn.org>. To learn more about their mentorship program, contact Joy Rucker at jrucker at nbhrn.org<mailto:jrucker at nbhrn.org>.

Thank you for your assistance in sharing this announcement with your networks. Please contact druguserhealthTA at nastad.org<mailto:druguserhealthTA at nastad.org> with any questions.

Stephen Lee MD, MBA, DHSM

Executive Director

Pronouns: He/Him/His

202.897.0028 | slee at NASTAD.org<mailto:slee at NASTAD.org>

Connect with us:  LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/nastad> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/NASTAD> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/NASTAD> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/user/NASTAD1992> | Instagram<http://www.instagram.com/nastad1992>

NASTAD | 444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 339 | Washington, DC 20001| NASTAD.org<http://www.nastad.org/>

Shelley Pearson
Pronouns: she/her/hers
HIV/STI Administrative and Communications Specialist
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
Public Health Division
shelley.m.pearson at oha.oregon.gov<mailto:shelley.m.pearson at dhsoha.state.or.us>
Phone: 503-381-6173
Fax: 971-673-0178

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