Disease Prevention – HIV & STDs

The Division of Disease Prevention (DDP) is a division of the Office of Epidemiology.

The mission of the DDP is to maximize public health and safety through the elimination, prevention, and control of disease, disability, and death caused by HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, other sexually transmitted infections .

Announcements

See headlines from news and announcements from the Division of Disease Prevention (DDP) below.  Click on the read more tag below the short description to be taken to the full article.

Open Enrollment 2025

The 2025 open enrollment periods for Medicare and Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage have begun.  This year all eligible Ryan White HIV/AIDS Part B (RWHAP B) clients seeking premium and/or copay assistance with either coverage type must contact the program's enroller assister, Benalytics, directly.  Clients who do not work directly with Benalytics will only be eligible to receive medications through the uninsured program.  An initial informational flyer was mailed to clients in August 2024.

Learn about the most recent methods for preventing HIV.  These include correct condom usage, PrEP, TasP, and more

Learn more about PrEP and nPEP and how they can prevent HIV

Learn more about viral hepatitis, how to prevent it, and what treatments are available

Access data and reports from the Division of Disease Prevention


Content notice: The DDP  website contains HIV/STD prevention messages that may be considered explicit by some visitors.

Last Updated: November 5, 2024