Increase expedited partner therapy using on-demand PEP for those newly diagnosed

Pillar: Prevent
Goal: Reduce by 75% the number of all new HIV diagnoses by 2025.
Strategy: Increase expedited partner therapy using on-demand PEP for those newly diagnosed.
Target: Residents of Memphis, Shelby County.

Key Activities:

High Priority and Disruptively Innovative

  1. Develop an awareness campaign, using testimonials from users of PEP.
  2. Shelby County Health Department will begin offering PEP to newly diagnosed individuals’ partners.
  3. The Corner and Cherokee Health Services will implement the same practice of offering PEP to newly diagnosed individuals.

Disruptively Innovative

  1. Host testing events to promote PEP (HIV “PEP Rally”).

Key Partners

Physicians, Regional colleges and universities, Shelby County Schools, State and local health departments, App developer, social media content experts, SCHD PrEP clinic.

Potential Funding Sources

State and local grants, EHE funding

Estimated Funding Allocation

  • $10,000 (advertisements, agency
    advertisements)

Total: $10,000

Outcomes

(Reported annually, locally monitored more frequently)

  • Local and state data surveillance
  • # individuals offered PEP at The Corner, Cherokee Health and other FQHCs
  • # individuals on PrEP data
  • # individuals on PEP

Monitoring Data Source

  • Local databases
  • Medical records
  • FQHC, CDC testing linkage data