Understanding HIV in 2026
September 23 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
People living with HIV share their experience of transmission, prevention, and treatment, along with discussions regarding HIV testing/PrEP.
Program:
- Welcome and introductions
- Brief overview of HIV today
- Why HIV education still matters in 2026
- Workshop objectives:
- Understand the realities of living with HIV today
- Learn about prevention and testing
- Explore advances in treatment and research
- Reduce stigma through understanding
- Living with HIV Today: Personal Stories
- When and how were you diagnosed?
- What was your understanding of HIV before diagnosis?
- What challenges did you face initially?
- How has treatment changed your life?
- What do you wish people understood about HIV today?
- What gives you hope?
- Facilitated reflection/Prevention, Testing & Sexual Health Today
- Current HIV transmission realities
- HIV testing
- PrEP:
- PEP and emergency prevention
- Anal health and sexual wellness
- HIV Innovation & The Future
- U=U (Undetectable = Untransmittable)
- Long-Acting Injectables (LAI)
- Advances in HIV care
- Future therapies
- Cure research
- Vaccine research
- Clinical trials & current studies, Q&A
