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In a new published commentary in AIDS Patient Care and STDs, SIS Professor Nina Yamanis and her co-authors from the Mid-Atlantic Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) Latinx Working Group identify ways to leverage the pandemic-era momentum to help end the HIV epidemic for Latina/o/x individuals. They draw on original data with stakeholders who work in HIV prevention and treatment for Latinas/os/xs in the Mid-Atlantic region.

The authors – including recent SIS undergraduate student Corey Donnelly – find that pandemic-era policies that should be continued or expanded include:

1. Maintaining reimbursement for telehealth;
2. Recognizing the importance of the social determinants of health by funding programs that provide quality food, housing, transportation, and health insurance coverage regardless of immigration status; and
3. Addressing the shortage of Spanish-speaking health care workers through incentive programs and training/hiring of Spanish-speaking community health workers.

The research was sponsored in part by Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Deputy Provost and Dean of Faculty's Pilot Grant Award for faculty–student scholarly and creative collaborations. The publication is open access and can be found .