Resources
These resources are designed to supplement the work of Maryland’s infectious disease and primary care workforce.
Maryland Engagement in HIV Care
This live infographic uses Maryland surveillance data for current residents to describe the number and percentage of persons living with diagnosed HIV who belong to select stages of the HIV continuum.
Provider Perspective
Nelly Velazquez spent the last nine years of her career in Public Health as a Health Educator, working most prominently to teach about disease prevention in Baltimore City. Velazquez is motivated most by her commitment to improving health outcomes in underserved communities, and her work has been vital to keeping the state of Maryland alive.
Testing and Services Locator from HIV.gov
HIV and Health Equity
CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention’s Office of Health Equity page.
AMA Center for Health Equity
The American Medical Association’s health equity resource library.
Center of Excellence for Transgender Health
A resource from University of California, San Francisco on providing gender affirming care.
MDH Center for Harm Reduction Services (Syringe Exchange, Naloxone Distribution)
Maryland Department of Health’s harm reduction program.
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA – Maryland Grantees)
Maryland-based grantees of the federal HOPWA program.
Youth Empowered Society Drop-In Center
A Baltimore-based drop-in center for young people experiencing housing insecurity.
Maryland Food Bank: Find Food
Enter your zip code to find food and resources in Maryland.
Support Someone with HIV
A resource highlighting ways to help a friend or loved one who has been recently diagnosed with HIV.
HIV Treatment and Linkage to Care
CDC resource page on linkage to, retention in, and re-engagement in HIV Care.