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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Dear colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">NASTAD sent out the following notification on Tuesday, July 16th: </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.hiv.gov/federal-response/ending-the-hiv-epidemic/prep-program" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Ready,
Set, PrEP</span></em></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> (RSP) program will stop accepting new enrollees on July 30, 2024. The full announcement can be </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.hiv.gov/federal-response/ending-the-hiv-epidemic/prep-program" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">found
here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">. Current RSP enrollees can continue to fill their prescriptions at </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.hiv.gov/federal-response/ending-the-hiv-epidemic/prep-pharmacies" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">participating
pharmacies</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">NASTAD will continue to provide updates as new information becomes available. Please visit NASTAD’s </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://nastad.org/prep-access" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">PrEP
Assistance Programs website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> to find additional PrEP resources. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Alternate options for programs to assist in paying for PrEP medication and services are listed in this </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://files.hiv.gov/s3fs-public/2024-06/PrEP-LogicModel.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">HIV.gov
"How Can I Pay for PrEP?" factsheet.</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Amelia Aibina Mazzei, ND, MPH </span></b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">(she/her)</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">HIV/STD Prevention Strategic Initiatives Coordinator</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/Pages/index.aspx" title="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/Pages/index.aspx"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:blue">Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:amelia.e.mazzei@oha.oregon.gov">amelia.e.mazzei@oha.oregon.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Cell: 971-917-1971</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hours: M-F 9:00 am – 5:30 pm </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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