AHF • Monkeypox Telecon 7/14: AHF to Propose 6-Pt. Plan for L.A. County Health Dept.

2022-07-30 00:25:25 By : Ms. Ira Wu

In Featured, News by Ged Kenslea July 14, 2022

Press Teleconference:  Thurs., July 14 @ 10:00 am PT

With case numbers increasing rapidly in L.A. and elsewhere and extremely limited vaccine doses available nationwide, AHF will propose the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health implement a six-point plan to ramp up education on the virus and its prevention as well as share surveillance data

LOS ANGELES (July 13, 2022) AHF, the largest global AIDS organization with treatment clinics or operations in 45 countries, will host a Zoom Press Teleconference THURSDAY, July 14 at 10:00 am PT (1:00 pm ET) to propose a six-point plan of action on monkeypox to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The plan grew out of frustration by AHF and other health advocates with the lack of clear communication and action by L.A. County DPH on the global monkeypox outbreak, which is approaching its two-month mark next week and which has disproportionately affected gay men or men who have sex with men (MSM). The World Health Organization (WHO) reports there are now more than 6,000 cases in 66 countries, in an outbreak that began with a few cases being reported outside of Africa starting mid-May in Europe.

WHAT:                      MONKEYPOX ZOOM PRESS TELECONFERENCE: AHF to propose six-point plan of action on monkeypox to L.A. County Dept. of Public Health, stepping up education, prevention & surveillance.

WHEN:                     Thursday, July 14th   2022     10:00 am PT (1:00 pm ET)

Stuart Burstin, MD, PhD FACP, FCPP, AHF’s Interim National Director of Infectious Diseases

Matt Ford, Actor/Writer, West Hollywood resident and former monkeypox patient

Adam Sukija-Cohen, PhD, MPH, AHF Director of Advocacy and Policy Research, Public Health Division Research

HOW:                        Join Zoom Press Teleconference here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87957123024 Meeting ID: 879 5712 3024 One tap mobile +14086380968,,87957123024# US (San Jose) +16694449171,,87957123024# US

Ged Kenslea, AHF Dir. of Communications (323) 791-5526 cell [email protected]

Lauren Hogan, Associate Director, Communications for AHF +1.310.940.0802 cell  [email protected]

Monkeypox: AHF’s 6-Point Plan for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Response

The Los Angeles Blade will be hosting an in-person ‘Monkeypox Town Hall’ on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at West Hollywood City Council chambers (625 N. San Vincente Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069). For more information, please visit: www.losangelesblade.com/townhall

And as part of efforts to educate its own AHF Healthcare Center patients and clients as well as the general public who may seek free HIV or STD testing at one of AHF Public Health Division’s 35 AHF Wellness Centers in the U.S., AHF created the following AHF Monkeypox Information Sheet: https://ahf.org/monkeypox-info 

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