[HIV-STD-Prevention] Weekly Prevention Resources - February 18, 2026 #u#

[Shelley Pearson (she/her)]

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.

In this email (click on any title to jump to that section):

  *   HST LPHA Community Service Award Nominations due TOMORROW! (February 27)
  *   STI and PrEP Forum – HIV in 2026 and Beyond (March 4)
  *   March End HIV Oregon Social Media Calendar is Ready

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HST’s third annual LPHA Community Service Award will be presented at the 2026 Annual Oregon Epidemiologists' (OR-Epi) Meeting<https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/DiseasesConditions/CommunicableDisease/Pages/OR-Epi.aspx> (April 29-May1, 2026 at Sunriver, OR).

The LPHA Community Service Award is intended to honor a local public health staff person or program who made a distinguished, unique or exceptional contribution to the field of HIV/STD/TB prevention or case investigation.


  *   Nomination Form: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/51dad20c2766490b8d980d39ab6b9bdc
  *   Nominations due: Friday, February 27, 2026

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Dr. Carolyn Chu from UCSF  will present at the STI and PrEP Forum on March 4, 2026, on managing new HIV diagnoses in primary care.  More information on this flyer<https://myemail.constantcontact.com/STI-and-PrEP-Forum--SPF--Monthly-Session--March-4th.html?soid=1107025842313&aid=-b4VVOp2iF0>. We hope to see you there!



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The social media images/visuals for End HIV/STI Oregon for the month of March are in the Ambassador Kit now. 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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Shelley Pearson
Pronouns: she/her/hers
HIV/STI Administrative and Communications Specialist
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division
Phone: 503-381-6173 (text capable)
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