This year, the United States Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA) is being held in-person in New Orleans, Louisiana, from September 12-15, 2024.

The AIDS Institute and NASTAD are excited to be co-hosting the Hepatitis Pathway at USCHA for the seventh consecutive year. We hope this year’s Pathway will consist of a variety of topics related to the amazing viral hepatitis initiatives in your jurisdictions. Do you have a best practice, lesson learned, story, or an amazing program to highlight? Then apply to present as part of the Pathway!

We are interested in the following topics for this year’s hepatitis pathway: 

• Advancing Viral Hepatitis Elimination

• Syndemic Approaches

• Harm Reduction

• Policy and Legislative Affairs

• Priority Populations

• Other: Criminalization of Hepatitis and Substance Use, Discrimination and Stigma, Treatment Access Issues in Correctional Settings, Vaccination Barriers

If you are interested in presenting, please submit an abstract to Zakiya and Naomi detailing your presentation by May 20th. We are looking for presentations that are anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes in length. Submissions are strongly encouraged from individuals with or affected by viral hepatitis, liver disease, HIV and/or substance use, and/or from the South. Those who have their abstracts accepted will be notified in early June. 

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us with any questions

Sincerely, 

Your USCHA Hepatitis Track Co-Chairs

Naomi Gaspard (ngaspard@taimail.org) & Zakiya Grubbs (zgrubbs@nastad.org)

The AIDS Institute & NASTAD