[HIV-STD-Prevention] Weekly Prevention Resources -12/24/25 #u#

Wed Dec 24 08:38:17 PST 2025

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, 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 on each item. Information is provided for educational purposes only. Sharing this content is not an OHA endorsement.

I plan to send the final listserv email of 2025 on Monday (12/29) if there’s content to share. If not, I’ll see you in 2026! Hope you all have a safe and happy New Year. --Shelley

Two items this week (click on the header to jump to that item):

  *   End HIV Oregon January Social Media Calendar Available Today
  *   Oregon Health Plan Now Covers Some Forms of Birth Control Without a Prescription
  *   100 Free Home HIV, PrEP, HEP B & C & STI Testing Kits

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The social media images/visuals for End HIV/STI Oregon for the month of January will be in the Ambassador Kit by the end of today, 12/24/25. 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<http://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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Thanks,
Linda

Linda Drach
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Operations & Policy Analyst 4
HIV/STD/TB Section
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
Public Health Division
Cell: 503-449-1442
http://www.oregon.gov/OHA

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Oregon Health Plan now covers some forms of birth control without a prescription
Oregon Health Plan (OHP/Medicaid) members are now able to get Opill birth control pills and emergency contraception without a prescription and at no cost at covered pharmacies in the state. OHA, in collaboration with the Oregon Board of Pharmacy, made this possible through a standing order, which allows pharmacists to provide these medications to OHP members and bill OHP.
In Oregon, these medications are already covered without a prescription for people with private insurance. Federal law, however, requires that all medications for Medicaid enrollees be prescribed by a licensed practitioner who is enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program. Oregon’s new standing order means that OHP members will no longer have to get a prescription to access these contraceptives at no cost.
How OHP members can get access

  *   OHP members can go to their approved pharmacy and request emergency contraception or Opill, and for it to be covered by OHP.
  *   Most OHP members get their benefits through a local Coordinated Care Organization (CCO)<https://www.oregon.gov/oha/hsd/ohp/pages/coordinated-care-organizations.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery>; OHP members can call their CCO and ask which pharmacy to go to.
  *   OHP members not in a CCO (known as OHP Open Card), or who do not know which CCO they’re in, can call OHP Client Services for help at 800-273-0557.
  *   OHP members will need to provide their OHP ID number, which is on their OHP ID card or CCO ID card, or by providing personal information that enables the pharmacy staff to search for and confirm enrollment in OHP.
Where to learn more

  *   The OHP member web page<https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/OHP/Pages/Reproductive-Health.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery> for Sexual and Reproductive Health Care
  *   A fact sheet in English<https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/OHP/Tools/Birth-Control-without-Prescription-EN.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery> & Spanish<https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/OHP/Tools/Birth-Control-without-Prescription-ES.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery>
  *   OHA’s Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/oregonhealthauthority/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery> and Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/OregonHealthAuthority/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery>
  *   OHA’s press release<https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ERD/Pages/Oregon-reduces-barriers-to-birth-control-for-Medicaid-members.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery> to announce this news

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Good afternoon,

Diagnostics Your Way is pleased to offer 100 Free HIV and STI testing kits to Public Health Departments and Community Based Organizations.
The test mix can be customized to include HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis.  Creatinine/EGFR can also be included to for PrEP testing.

Simply email nick.malhomme at dxyourway.com<mailto:nick.malhomme at dxyourway.com> with subject “100 Free Home HIV, PrEP, HEP B & C & STI Testing Kits” to APPLY.

All kits and 2-way postage are provided at no charge as well as a white-labeled platform to manage patient orders/registrations, and case management.  The public health department/CBO would only be responsible for the cost of lab analysis.

Dx Your way is a CLIA/CAP accredited laboratory, offering the highest standards of testing and managed by leading infectious disease physicians in the field.

Best regards

Nick Malhomme
CEO
Diagnostics (Dx) Your Way
267-541-0693

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Shelley Pearson
Pronouns: she/her/hers
HIV/STI Administrative and Communications Specialist
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division
Phone: 503-381-6173 (text capable)
Oregon Health Authority Customer Service Poll (Public Health Division)<https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=6GOOZTmNnEmPSBOtyUUvTPXWsxYAw9pMruc-dmI4GGhURTZUVTUzVERLUFRYMTk0MzROUVpBMExFRy4u&route=shorturl>
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