South Central AIDS Education and Training Center

12/23/2025

The South Central AETC team wishes you a happy and safe holiday season. Our offices will be closed from December 24 through January 2. We look forward to continuing our work in the new year as we move closer to ending the epidemic.

12/15/2025

Conference Update‼️
We are pleased to share that our upcoming conference will be hosted at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Albuquerque🙌

Details for booking are being finalized. We'll share the hotel rate and link once available early next year, so stay tuned!

12/03/2025

You can't miss this week's Bridging HIV & SUD series: On December 5th you'll learn about current treatment designs and published study outcomes to consider how psychedelic-assisted therapies might serve people at risk for and living with HIV.

👉Register here: https://nahewd-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2Kzex3hiQPqAg0gy-ZkZ_A #/registration

11/26/2025

11/25/2025

Once HIV has advance to stage 2, it is important to stat ART immediately (Check our previous post about ART😉). Otherwise it may advance to AIDS within 10 years.

11/21/2025

ART reduces the amount of HIV in the blood. Although this medication does not cure HIV infection, taking ART after an HIV diagnosis helps people with live a longer and healthy life.

11/18/2025

Given the high transmission rates in , starting antiretroviral therapy ( ) is essential to reduce the risk of spreading the virus after diagnosing . 🦠

11/14/2025

🙋‍♀️Who's joining the New Mexico Annual HIV & HCV Update Conference 2026? React with a ❤️if you are!
More details, including registration and agenda, are coming soon!

11/12/2025

Thank you for your service!👏

11/08/2025

is an infection that gets progressively worse over time as the virus destroys parts of the immune system. Nonetheless, with HIV medicines, this disease can be treated to slow or prevent more serious forms.💊

11/04/2025

is taken after a possible HIV exposure. It should only be used in emergencies and cannot replace regular preventive methods like PrEP. 💊

👉Join our PrEP training tomorrow at 12PM MT to learn more on HIV preventive medications: https://scaetc.unm.edu/scaetc/event/?ER_ID=10863

10/28/2025

We are grateful for the energy and insight of our partners at the 2025 SCAETC Face-to-Face Meeting this week!💡✨

From deep dives into legislative and financial planning sessions, new communication guidelines to cross-site collaboration that sparked fresh solutions, this gathering moved us forward—together.💝