December 2019
Give now

We surpassed our goal of $5,000 in Giving Tuesday Facebook donations, but we are still trying to reach our $5,000 goal of additional direct donations before the end of the year. We are currently at $3,225 and t here's still time to make your end of year charitable deduction to help us meet this goal!  

In 2020 we will use these unrestricted dollars to award more scholarships to conference and to enhance our advocacy efforts to include the voice of nurses in the plan to End the HIV Epidemic in the US. Thanks for your support! 
Leadership

Scientific/clinical member nominations open for HHS Panel on antiretroviral guidelines for adults and adolescents
The Panel meets to review and critically evaluate emerging scientific data relating to antiretroviral therapy and to revise the guidelines. ANAC members have been nominated to the panel and served in the past. This is an excellent opportunity for prescribing nurse practitioners.  Nominations are due January 10.
Policy

Efforts to End the HIV Epidemic Must Not Ignore People Already Living With HIV
In the federal plan Ending the HIV Epidemic (ETHE), efforts to prevent new HIV transmissions in the United States must be accompanied by advances in addressing HIV-associated comorbidities to improve the health of people already living with HIV. National Institutes of Health experts assert this in a recent release: Efforts to End the HIV Epidemic Must Not Ignore People Already Living With HIV.
Global

S ubmit your abstracts for AIDS2020 by Jan. 14
The call for abstracts for AIDS2020, the international HIV/AIDS conference, scheduled for July 6-10 in San Francisco/Oakland, is now open through Jan. 14. Consider submitting abstracts to highlight the important work of ANAC members in the global HIV response.  View the submission guidelines. 
Conference

More than 500 people attended ANAC2019 in Portland OR.
See  Best of Conference and Awards on our website.

Evaluations and CNE
If you attended conference,  there are two options to access CNE and the evaluations. Evaluations will close soon, so please complete one. We use the evaluations to help us plan the next conference!
 
Option 1: 
  1. Visit https://nursesinaidscare.neonwebapps.com/surveys/16
  2. Log in using your ANAC User ID and password
  3. Follow the prompts from there to complete the evaluation
Option 2:
  1. Visit https://nursesinaidscare.z2systems.com/np/clients/nursesinaidscare/login.jsp
  2. Log in using your ANAC User ID and password
  3. Access the "What would you like to do?" menu, select "Continuing Education Report"
  4. Click on the link for ANAC2019

See you in Tampa 
November 12-14, 2020!
Education

National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program Award Preference: Become a priority applicant for 2020
Health professionals interested in applying to the HRSA National Health Service Corps (NHSC)  Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program  or  Rural Community Loan Repayment Program  next spring can receive award preference by completing free MAT training and obtaining the DATA 2000 waiver. Obtain the waiver now for spring loan repayment application cycle.

Updated guidelines on the impact of ART
HHS Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents were recently updated to include strong recommendations that providers inform all persons with HIV on U=U and the impact of ART on sexual transmission of HIV.


Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Program: Behavioral Health Integration (NEPQR: BHI)
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the  NEPQR: BHI Program.  The fiscal year 2020 application cycle opened on December 4 and closes on February 19, 2020 in  Grants.gov .  The purpose of this program is to increase the access to and quality of behavioral health services through team-based care models in interprofessional nurse-led primary care teams in rural or under-served  areas.

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