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Join us for an informative session exploring the interconnected challenges of HIV, opioid and stimulant use, and mental health. This webinar will highlight the impact of these overlapping conditions on HIV prevention, treatment, and care, while examining integrated, patient-centered strategies to improve engagement in care and health outcomes.

Objectives

  • Define the syndemic framework and explain how co-occurring HIV, substance use, and mental health conditions interact to worsen HIV care continuum outcomes
  • Describe integrated care models and safer substance use strategies that address the structural drivers of the HIV syndemic
  • Identify recommended screening tools, safer use strategies, and pharmacotherapies for substance use and mental health disorders in people with HIV

Speaker

Jona Tanguay, MS, PA-C, AAHIVS, CAQ-Psych
VP of Medical Services, Amida Care
Staff Clinician, Whitman-Walker Health