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Committee approves retroactive CDC grant to continue HIV behavioral surveillance
Summary
The committee approved a retroactive $466,000 CDC award (bringing total to $1.03M) for the Department of Public Health to continue National HIV Behavioral Surveillance activities in San Francisco, including new outreach to transgender women and data collection on opioid‑related risks.
The Budget and Finance Committee approved a retroactive authorization for the Department of Public Health to accept and expend approximately $466,000 in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding to support National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) activities through the end of the calendar year.
Jesslyn, research unit coordinator for the Department of Public Health’s Center for Public Health Research, said NHBS has been conducted in San Francisco and 20 other U.S. cities since 2003 to track HIV prevalence and related behaviors among marginalized communities. She said the current cycle includes people who inject drugs and — for the first time in the local cycle — transgender women. "We are gathering data on HIV and hepatitis C prevalence, on risk behaviors, and access and use of prevention and harm reduction programs," she said, listing services such as syringe access, PrEP, methadone and naloxone.
Jesslyn said the department is over halfway through data collection and expected preliminary results after completion in December. Supervisor Cohen confirmed the grant increases the total to about $1,030,000. There was no public comment; the committee moved the resolution with a positive recommendation to the full Board.
