Module Category: Health Equity

LIFT HIV Summit 2026

The L.I.F.T. HIV (Leadership, Innovation, and Future Trends) Summit aims to advance the fight against HIV in Washington, D.C. through three distinct yet interconnected paths: Leadership, Innovation, and Future Trends. Each path addresses critical aspects of the HIV epidemic, fostering innovative approaches and collaborative strategies to drive progress and improve outcomes. The Summit is designed to inspire and equip participants with the knowledge and tools needed to make meaningful strides toward ending the HIV epidemic.

Enhancing Care for Migrant Clients with HIV: Strategies for Support and Access

This webinar will provide practical strategies to strengthen care and access for migrant clients affected by HIV, with a primary focus on African migrant communities. Drawing on the presenter’s extensive work with these communities, participants will learn culturally grounded approaches that support engagement, communication, and continuity of care.

Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to enhance services and better support migrant clients in diverse settings.

This activity is intended for CHWs, Community Facing Outreach, Doctors, Nurses, Social Workers, Caregivers, Case Managers.

  • Media: Enduring Material
  • Release date: 02/11/2026
  • Expiration date: 02/11/2027
  • Time to Complete: 60 minutes

Participants can earn up to 1.0 credits/contact hours (CME, AAPA, ANCC, CPE, ASWB) for completion of this educational activity.

HealthHIV is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Shifting Perspectives: The Dynamics of Bias in Individuals and Systems

In this course, participants will embark on a journey to uncover the layers of bias that exist within individuals and systems, going beyond surface-level observations to understand the underlying mechanisms at play. Through a combination of theoretical frameworks, real-world examples, and interactive exercises, participants will explore the complexities of implicit and explicit bias and their impact on decision-making, relationships, and societal structures.

The Trans Experience: Pride in Our Health

Transgender and gender-diverse people seek preventive health care and health screenings less often than do other people due to a variety of factors including lack of insurance coverage, being refused care, difficulty finding a health care provider with expertise in transgender care or fear of discrimination in a health care setting. This webinar will address the need for accurate comprehensive data on transgender health, as well as how to provide specialized, culturally competent care to transgender individuals in a non-stigmatizing environment.

Faculty

Jasmine Ford LPN, BA, HIV Care Services Clinical Coordinator, VDH

Earline Budd, Non Medical Case Management Specialist, HIPS

Panelists

Sherri Meeks, Whitman-Walker

Tyree Williams, Brothers of Bonds

Kaniya Walker, Heart to Hand

Achim Howard, Trans Men Rising

Kym Gordon, Damien Ministries

La Fé en Acción: Empoderando a las Organizaciones de Fé Hispanas en la Prevención del VIH

En este curso se examinará la importancia y la necesidad de colaborar con grupos y organizaciones religiosas, especialmente en el entorno de la comunidad hispana. Se explorarán los grupos y organizaciones religiosos existentes centrados en la comunidad hispana en el área de Washington.  Se compartirán diversos recursos que servirán de base tanto para el proceso de evaluación personal como para el desarrollo de planes estratégicos de compromiso religioso personales u organizativos.  Al final de la formación, los participantes dispondrán de las herramientas necesarias para establecer relaciones de colaboración efectivas con diversos grupos y organizaciones religiosas con el fin de promover su labor de prevención del VIH.

Equity in Action: Empowering BIPOC Healthcare via Community Engagement and PrEP Advocacy

This webinar will discuss how to promote equity, improve access, and increase retention in HIV prevention and care among BIPOC communities. The faculty will identify barriers and dispel myths relating to PrEP use in BIPOC communities in order to encourage patients’ use of PrEP while emphasizing strategies for fostering a strong patient-provider relationship. Additionally, the faculty will describe innovative healthcare delivery methods and initiatives to improve patients’ knowledge of PrEP and to increase PrEP uptake.

PrEP: Preventing HIV in Women Across the Lifespan

PrEP is highly effective for preventing HIV, yet PrEP use among women is very low. Barriers that women face include lack of awareness, negative experiences with providers, lack of confidence that providers know about PrEP, adherence to a PrEP regimen, and negative responses from partners.

This webinar will highlight the importance of engaging women in HIV prevention at each stage of life, including strategies for engagement and barriers to care.