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Welcome to the OHP blog. Here, we'll post about topics related to HIV planning, including health equity, Planning Council business, and more. You can also browse through archived blog posts, dating back to 2010.

Linking Clients to Care: A New Tool

May 22, 2014

Linkage to Care Tool
It's a common enough story: someone is diagnosed with HIV. That person is told she needs to visit the doctor as soon as possible. Maybe that person calls for an appointment, and maybe she doesn't - but that person doesn't make it to the doctor...

Now Recruiting for Healthcare Discussions

Feb. 23, 2015

Latino MSM flier 2015
Currently, we are working on a study for the Philadelphia HIV Prevention Planning Group (HPG) on healthcare experiences and HIV testing preferences of seven at-risk populations. The purpose of this study is to assess the individual-level, provider...

8 ways to improve health care for young gay and bi men

June 30, 2015


Engagement in primary care is an especially important tool in the HIV prevention “toolbox” in this age of biomedical interventions like pre-exposure prophylaxis and “treatment as prevention”. HIV-negative YMSM should be linked to appropriate....

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