This virtual event is the fourth and last session in the series entitled "Intersecting Epidemics in the Context of Ending the Epidemic:  Tackling HIV, Substance Use, and HCV". This series is co-sponsored by the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (MAAETC), the National Alliance for HIV Education and Workforce Development (NAHEWD), the Opioid Response Network (ORN), the Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center, and the Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC).

Session title: Intersection of HIV, Hep C, and Substance Use Disorders: Challenges and Opportunities of Integration

Audience: health care providers and staff working at HIV clinics, infectious disease clinics, substance use disorder treatment programs, opioid treatment programs and others

Session objectives: 

• Discuss the intersection of hepatitis C infection and substance use disorders
• Describe two challenges and opportunities of integrating HIV, hepatitis C, and substance use disorder prevention and treatment into a healthcare setting
• Identify four benefits of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
• Identify two challenges and two opportunities for linking MAT clients to HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C care after screening