ANAC’s policy committee will host a national webinar, “Housing and its Importance in Ending HIV”, on June 10 at 12 p.m. ET. Join Lauren Banks Killelea from the National AIDS Housing Coalition as she examines current issues around housing insecurity and the impact on people living with HIV. Register here.

The National Academy of Medicine Committee released the “Future of Nursing 2020-2030” report. It explores nurses’ important roles in reducing health disparities and enhancing patient and family-focused care into 2030. The prior Future of Nursing report was instrumental in the expansion of nurse practitioners in healthcare in the U.S.

On May 13, the CDC shared the White House announcement of a $1.13 billion investment to strengthen the disease intervention specialists (DIS) workforce through local health departments. For many years, DIS have provided invaluable support in HIV responses. Their unique skill set and role in intervening in the spread of diseases came into the spotlight in 2020 as a critical component of our nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ANAC Excellence in Global HIV Award closes on June 1. The online application can be found here. If you missed the webinar hosted by the global committee describing the award and the application process, you can view it here. The passcode is xbsk.t0z.

ANAC is an endorsing organization for the International Workshop on Innovations in Delivery of HIV Care, a two-day virtual workshop scheduled for June 21-22 for clinicians across the globe. Registration is waived for ANAC members and other healthcare providers. There is an impressive faculty line-up that includes ANAC members Jason Farley and Alanna Bergman as faculty and conference committee members. Register here.

ANAC’s palliative care committee will host a national webinar on post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 on June 22 from 7-8 p.m. ET. Join ANAC members Cliff Morrison, James Halloran and Loretta Winde, for a discussion surrounding learning to thrive with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2. Register here.

Julie Barroso, Sarath Raju and Bishop Oliver Clyde Allen, III provided their perspectives and experiences in a national webinar, Long COVID patients: They are changing how clinicians think. A recording of the event is available on the ANAC website.

A CDC report found that four in 10 transgender women in seven major U.S. cities have HIV. HIV prevention and care strategies for transgender women are imperative to ending the HIV epidemic. A CDC summary of the need for strategic program funding and partnerships is outlined here.

The work of the International Nursing Network for HIV Research and eight nurse-led studies conducted through the network and related publications are summarized in The International Nursing Network for HIV Research article in the May-June issue of JANAC.

Katy Bernock, FNP-BC, a family nurse practitioner and the president of the Greater NY ANAC chapter, was featured in an article from TheBodyPro about pending NY state legislation to require sexual health literacy training for healthcare providers - an important step in addressing HIV.

ANAC Executive Director Carole Treston recently spoke at a virtual meeting of the National Nurse-led Care Coalition (NNCC) on nurse-led approaches to an HCV cure for HIV/HCV co-infected individuals. NNCC is conducting a national survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nurse-led, office-based opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. If you are a nurse (RN or NP) delivering OUD treatment, you are invited to complete this Nurse-led OUD Care COVID-19 Survey. The survey will take no more than 15 minutes to complete.

Please send it to Nakera Dumas at nakera@anacnet.org.