May is Hepatitis Awareness Month

In addition to our programming around HIV, the Project of Primary Health Care is committed to reducing new Hepatitis C (abbreviated as “HCV” for “hepatitis C virus”) infections and treating those with HCV so they can live better and healthier...
Rapid Start PrEP

Rapid Start PrEP

Rapid Start PrEP Last month, the Prevention and Clinical teams at the Project launched “Rapid Start PrEP,” an easy way to start your journey to preventing HIV. PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a medication treatment that when taken as directed can...

Young People Hard-Hit by STDs: Know the Facts, Get Yourself Tested

(Need to schedule a test? Make an appointment online or call (515) 248-1595) Three common STDs—chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis—are surging across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Young people are especially...

National Native HIV/AIDs Awareness Day

March 20 is National Native HIV and AIDS Awareness Day, and today we are sharing a special message from our Program Director Dar Krom. Growing up in Grand Forks, North Dakota, I did not grow up on the reservation, and because of that, I was the first person in my...

What it’s like to be a woman living with HIV

Twenty-three percent of people living with HIV are women. They are a minority when it comes to populations impacted by HIV, and experience of living with HIV as a woman can be isolating. “I never worried about HIV because I was heterosexual, female, had a white-collar...
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