Take Charge of Your Health: HIV Treatment Update - 1/21/21

Take a chance and join us for a little fun, maybe a few laughs on the first Wednesday each month. Get BINGO and win a $25 Amazon gift card!Join us every Wednesday to participate in games, presentations, information and chat with our community.The Hub is a support center for people living long-term with HIV.Launched in 2018, the Hub offers an expanded schedule of weekly social-discussion groups designed to connect participants online with a focus on fun and enhancing individual social support networks. Guest speakers are invited monthly from various community-based organizations and who co-facilitate weekly educational forums on topics relevant in the field of aging and HIV.When: Weekly on Wednesdays, 3 – 4:30 PMWhere: Online (register through Eventbrite)Themes: groups are held monthly on the designated week shown below:1.	Bingo Game (1st Wednesday)2.	Health & Wellness (2nd Wednesday)3.	Health & Wellness (3rd Wednesday)4.	Yo Sigo Aquí – Grupo en español (4th Wednesday)5.	Special Event (5th Wednesday on select months with five weeks)

Brenneis-Boger Hub for Long-Term Survivors at GMHC

Take Charge of Your Health: A Workshop for People with HIV
When it comes to HIV, knowledge is power!
This two-hour webinar will focus on the

<h3>Take Charge of Your Health: A Workshop for People with HIV</h3>
<h3><em>When it comes to HIV, knowledge is power!</em></h3>
<h3>This two-hour webinar will focus on the future of HIV treatment by understanding how we got here. </h3>
<h3>We will discuss how HIV treatment has changed and what's in the pipeline (including injectable HIV meds), dispel myths about HIV meds, and address the search for a cure.</h3>
<h3>All information is presented in jargon-free, easy to understand language.&nbsp; We dig deep into topics, to make sure that everyone comes away with a clear grasp of everything presented.</h3>
<h3>As a result of this training, people will be able to:</h3>
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<h3>Describe how HIV treatment has changed over the years</h3>
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<h3>Explain how HIV meds are able to control the virus</h3>
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<h3>Define undetectable viral load and how it differs from a cure</h3>
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<h3>Identify how recommendations of when to start treatment have changed, and why</h3>
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<h3>Discuss recently-approved treatments and what's in the pipeline</h3>
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<h3>Define what a cure may look like, and how we may get there</h3>
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<h3>Identify questions to ask when starting a new med</h3>
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<h3>Link will be emailed on the day of the webinar to those who have registered. </h3>
<h3>Contact Mark Milano at markm@gmhc.org for more info.</h3>

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