San Francisco Community EVents

CROI Update
April 27, 6-8pm
San Francisco Friends Meeting House, 65 9th St.

P.I. Spring Brunch
Sunday May 22, 2011
11am-2pm
Sky Garden@The Federal Building
7th and Mission Streets, San Francisco

NASTY @
The Powerhouse
Friday, May 6, 2011
10pm-1am
1347 Folsom Street

East Bay HIV Update Conference
June 3, 6-8pm

April 21, 2011

P.I. Perspective e-News

Federal 2011 spending bill severely
hampers efforts to fight HIV and
hepatitis C epidemics

Project Inform expressed extreme disappointment in the final Fiscal Year 2011 budget bill signed into law last Thursday, calling it a compromise that makes unnecessarily large cuts to vital health programs and that fails to provide sufficient funding to fight the HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C epidemics.

Project Inform's Spring Brunch

Tickets are still available for Project Inform’s Spring Brunch at the beautiful Sky Garden on Sunday, May 22nd.

Momentum on PrEP should continue despite disappointing results of the Fem-PrEP study

Why People with HIV Need to be Involved in
Budget and Deficit Reduction Debates

HIV news:

New extended release Viramune gets approved
as a once-a-day dose

“Quad” pill continues to do well in people
new to treatment

Capsaicin patch eases pain due to HIV neuropathy

HCV news:

New four-drug regimen for treating unresponsive hepatitis C shows promise

A breakthrough regimen may cure hepatitis C without using interferon or ribavirin

New type of interferon shows fewer side effects and better treatment rate

New publications from Project Inform

Tesamorelin and excess deep belly fat

Project Inform Perspective #51