作者：DDP 公關協調員

The Virginia Community HIV Planning Group (CHPG) needs new members. The CHPG works with the Virginia Department of Health to develop and monitor Virginia’s Integrated HIV Services Plan to help end the HIV epidemic and improve the health of people with HIV. The Plan will guide our work over the next five years.

We are looking for members among people with HIV, people vulnerable to HIV, HIV care and prevention providers, and health departments. We also need people from agencies that provide mental health and substance use treatment, housing, social services, and other services used or needed by the people we serve. We are especially looking for people from communities of color, people from the Northern and Central regions of Virginia, as well as men and those who fall outside of the gender binary. At least 30% of the CHPG are people with HIV. Community voices are key, so the group does have attendance rules.

The CHPG meets six times per year on Thursdays or Fridays from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in Richmond. Members who live outside of the meeting area will receive a hotel room and will be reimbursed for travel costs and meals. Lunch will be served.

For more information or to read the group bylaws, please go to the CHPG webpage.

The application does ask personal and sensitive questions so we can select a diverse group of members. We keep applications in a secure system, and they are only seen by the Membership Committee and certain VDH staff.

If you have any questions, please contact: Ashley Yocum, Care Services Planner, at ashley.yocum@vdh.virginia.gov, or Olivia Allison, Program Specialist, at olivia.allison@vdh.virginia.gov.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved another over the counter (OTC) intranasal naloxone product on June 16, 2026. This new product, Rextovy, is a 4 milligram (mg) naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray. It is intended for the emergency treatment of opioid overdose. Consumers can purchase the product without a prescription in pharmacies, convenience stores, and online.

Posted July 8, 2026, by Julia Greenspan, Director, Infectious Disease Infrastructure and Policy on astho.org

In spring 2026, ASTHO completed a needs assessment to better understand the strengths, gaps, and opportunities for communication about sexually transmitted infections (STI) from state and territorial health departments. Results highlight the important role that health department leadership plays in ensuring the success of STI and other public health programs through internal communication policies and culture.

Ryan White 團隊本月推出新網頁，取代之前的網頁。這些頁面不再提及 HIV 護理服務，而是使用單位方案名稱。

您可以在我們的網站導覽中找到不同位置的頁面。有些舊網頁已不存在。我們建議您先熟悉新的頁面以及資訊在頁面上的位置。將您可能需要經常使用的新網頁加入書籤。

感謝為此專案付出辛勞的工作人員！我們感謝您與工作人員和社區成員開會，以獲得有關如何以最佳方式重新製作這些網頁的反饋意見。

三藩市公共衛生局 (San Francisco Department of Public Health) 提供社交網路策略 (SNS) 的網路研討會。SNS 是一種以實證為基礎的介入方式，可利用可信賴的同儕力量，提高高風險族群的 HIV 檢測接受率。SNS 專為衛生部門和社區組織所設計。

VDH 資助的合作夥伴應在註冊網絡研討會之前與其合同管理員交談，尤其是如果他們計劃第一次實施 SNS。

• • 為新加入 SNS 的機構舉辦網路研討會：
    • 六月星期三10,2026 |3 p.m. ET