SFDPH Annual HIV Epidemiology Report 2021
General Resources
- Getting to Zero San Francisco 2015 Strategic Plan
- Guidance/Policy on Affiliations & GTZ Logo Use
- Guidance/Policy on submitting a request for GTZ Letter of Support
- SFDPH Epidemiology Section – HIV/AIDS Research & Reports
- San Francisco Ending the HIV/HCV/STI Epidemics (ETE) Plan
Calls to Action
- Getting to Zero Preventable Deaths in San Francisco: A Call to Action to Address Drug Overdose Deaths, September 2021
- Getting to Zero San Francisco Housing Call to Action, April 2018
Publications
- Getting to Zero San Francisco: A Collective Impact Approach. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Dec;82 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):S176-S182.
- Aiming to end San Francisco’s HIV epidemic. Lancet HIV. 2019 Feb;6(2):e77-e78.
doxy-PEP Guidance & Resources for Providers
- SFDPH Health Update: Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Reduces Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections, October 20, 2022
- SF City Clinic – HIV and STI Prevention: STI post-exposure prophylaxis (DOXY PEP)
Injectable HIV Medications for Prevention & Treatment
- Injectable HIV Medications and PrEP – Resources compiled by East Bay Getting to Zero
- Injectable HIV PrEP Pocket Card – by San Francisco Department of Public Healt
- [Protocol] SF WPIC/Street Medicine Open Access Clinic: Long-Acting Injectable PrEP (IM Cabotegravir)
- [Protocol] SF Ward 86 Clinical considerations and recommendations for starting patients on CAB/RPV LA therapy
Mpox, Meningitis & COVID-19
- Updates & Resources
- SFDPH Press Release, 5.10.23. San Francisco Encourages Mpox Vaccinations in Advance of the Summer Season and Pride Celebrations
Are you looking to get connected or re-connected to care?
- SF HIV Benefits Options – How to pay for health care and medication so you can stay in care and undetectable (Updated March 2023)
- HIV Care Options in San Francisco (Updated March 2023)
- RAPID HIV Care Options in SF (Updated December 2022)
- Income Thresholds for CA Office of AIDS Programs*, Medi-Cal Expansion, Aged & Disabled Medi-Cal, Covered CA, and Healthy San Francisco (Updated April 2023)
- FREE healthcare and counseling for youth ages 12-25 (2022) – Community Health Programs for Youth (CHPY), San Francisco Health Networks
Are you looking for HIV prevention or treatment resources?
Prevention Resources
- PrEP Basics Fact Sheet/Lo Esencial de PrEP – by San Francisco Department of Public Health
- California PrEP Assistance Program (PrEP-AP) At a Glance: For Clients + Providers
- Truvada® is going generic on September 30, 2020: Update for San Francisco PrEP Users (updated 10/14/20)– by San Francisco Department of Public Health
Treatment & Care Resources
- U=U Basics Undetectable=Untransmisible/I=I Lo Básico Indetectable=Intransmisible – by San Francisco Department of Public Health
- #UequalsUSF/ Undetectable = Untransmittable: – Website with resources for providers and community members
Resources for Providers/Clinicians
HIV Testing
- Pacific AETC HIV Essentials and Quick Clinical Guides PDF, updated in May 2023 and approved by HRSA in summer 2023
- And more detailed 3-6 page guides and protocols on:
PrEP/Prevention
- Prescribing oral PrEP – San Francisco Department of Public Health
- *2021* Ask about PrEP: How providers can prescribe PrEP to prevent HIV and reduce health disparities – San Francisco Department of Public Health
- SFCC PrEP Navigation Services Protocol (v. 12/7/18)
- PrEP Navigation Manual: Helping People Access Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis – PleasePrEPMe.org and Project Inform
- San Francisco Health Network Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Management Guidelines, June 2016
RAPID, Restart, Treatment & Retention
- *Updated * Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Protocol – Ward 86 HIV Clinic (SFGH/UCSF), April 2023
- *Updated * [RAPID] RAPID Provider Detailing Brochure “Rapid ART: Immediate ART initiation at HIV diagnosis and re-engagement in care (March 2023)
- [RAPID] RAPID Care Options in SF (Updated December 2022)
- [RAPID] RAPID Restart: Immediate Restart of ART for Persons Re-Engaging in Care (October 2020)
- [RAPID] RAPID Standard Operating Procedures (March 2020)
- [RAPID] Development of a Citywide Rapid Antiretroviral Therapy Initiative in San Francisco AJPM. 2021 November, Pages S47-S54.
- [RAPID] Decreased Time from HIV Diagnosis to Care…ART initiation, and Virologic Suppression During Citywide ART [abstract of publication] CID. 2020 May 25.
- [RAPID] RAPID ART: High virologic suppression rates with immediate ART… [abstract of publication], AIDS. 2018 December 21.
HIV & Homelessness
- Stop the hidden epidemic: Five steps to prevent and treat HIV, HCV, and STDs among people experiencing homelessness [2019] – San Francisco Department of Public Health
Pediatrics, Adolescents & Youth
- *New* Recommendations: Infant feeding & prevention of pediatric HIV infection in the US (presentation slides)
- FREE healthcare and counseling for youth ages 12-25 (2022) – Community Health Programs for Youth (CHPY), San Francisco Health Networks
Ending Stigma & Discrimination
HIV Frontline Worker Resources
- SF HIV FOG Brochure
- SF HIV FOG YouTube Channel: Self-Care
- Organizing the HIV Frontline Worker Community – SF HIV FOG poster presented at 2018 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
- Brochure for Providers & Front line Workers: HIV Navigation can help clients – GTZ Retention & Re-engagement Committee
- HIV & Health Insurance 101 – San Francisco HIV Frontline Organizing Group. Three online training briefs that cover the basics of traditional and expanded Medi-Cal, Medicare, private Insurance obtained from an employer or via Covered CA.
- Best Practices Cellphone Charging Stations – GTZ Retention & Re-engagement Committee