The National HIV PrEP Summit (NHPS) is a new NMAC conference slated for December 3-4, 2016 in San Francisco. Like the conference’s logo, this meeting is a collaboration between community-based organizations (CBOs), health departments (HDs), national organizations and NMAC. The meeting brings together HIV leaders to discuss and learn about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and other biomedical HIV prevention interventions.

The intent of NHPS is not to argue the science of PrEP. Instead, it will focus on the implementation and infrastructure needed to turn the promise of the science into an effective community-level HIV prevention option.

Every year World AIDS Day events take place across the globe to raise awareness and show support for people living with HIV. To find a local event, or add your own, visit worldaidsday.org.

UNAIDS has campaign materials, social media tools and other information on how to participate all available here.

NAESM 2017 will provide:

• An opportunity to present research and community-defined evidence practices that demonstrate promising outcomes in achieving the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
• A venue for the new generation of HIV public health professionals to collaborate, innovate and help shape the future of African-American MSM/YMSM public health matters.
• A venue to present, discusses and examine social determinants of health in the context spirituality, religiosity, and faith through the perspectives of black gay men.
• An inclusive networking and knowledge exchange forum at the national level to identify, discuss and troubleshoot the intersection of health equity, social justice across a range of disciplines and sectors that define the experiences of black gay men.

This World AIDS Day, five leaders in the fight against AIDS presented on what it will take to defeat HIV/AIDS in our lifetime. Mo Rocca, correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, moderated a panel discussion probing the latest advances in prevention, the coming battles in advocacy, and the challenges that we can overcome by working together.

The Rockefeller University invited people to learn about promising new approaches to treat and prevent HIV. Attendees heard about ongoing research with broadly neutralizing antibodies, components of the body’s immune system that can be harnessed to attack HIV, and perspectives from scientists, doctors, HIV advocates and volunteers in clinical trials about their experiences with HIV research.