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Poster presentation at STI/HIV World Congress

July 14, 2019

Waridibo Allison MBBS PhD, TACKLE HIV/HCV Program Director, presented a poster on the use of ECHO for treatment of HCV in patients infected with HIV at STI/HIV World Congress Conference held in Vancouver, Canada on July 14-17, 2019. Poster Title: Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Implemented for Hepatitis C (HCV)/HIV Co-infected Patients in Texas, […]


Valley AIDS Council hosts Pride in the Park

June 30, 2019

TACKLE HIV/HCV program partners, Valley AIDS Council, hosted Pride in the Park on June 28-29, 2019, where representatives from VAC offered free HCV and HIV screenings and information about HIV/HCV co-infection.


Guest Speaker for Department of State Health Services Panel

June 19, 2019

TACKLE HIV/HCV Program Director, Waridibo Allison MBBS PhD,  was invited as a guest speaker to discuss Project ECHO with the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) HIV Clinical Panel Meeting on June 19, 2019.


Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation hosts Pride Block Party

June 10, 2019

TACKLE HIV/HCV program partners, Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation, hosted the Pride Block Party on June 8, 2019, to raise awareness and provide education and free HIV, HCV and STI testing to the community.


Presentations at 2019 National Latinx Conference on HIV/HCV/SUD

May 19, 2019

Several TACKLE HIV/HCV team members presented at the 2019 National Latinx Conference on HIV/HCV/SUD held in San Antonio, Texas on May 17-19, 2019: Waridibo Allison MBBS PhD, TACKLE HIV/HCV Program Director, shared findings from the program in a plenary presentation entitled: Hard Data: The Truths of Dual Diagnosis Raudel Bobadilla BS CHW, Community Health Worker […]


Dr. Allison featured in coverage about San Antonio AIDS Foundation partnership

May 17, 2019

In a May 17, 2019 interview with KENS 5 news about the HIV burden in South Texas, Waridibo Allison MBBS PhD, TACKLE HIV/HCV Program Director, discussed the new partnership between San Antonio AIDS Foundation (SAAF) and their onsite pharmacy, ASP Pharmacy. View the article here.


San Antonio AIDS Foundation hosts community screening event

April 10, 2019

TACKLE HIV/HCV program partners, San Antonio AIDS Foundation, hosted a free HIV, HCV and syphilis screening event at University of Texas San Antonio on April 9, 2019. At the event, representatives from SAAF offered free testing and information about HIV/HCV co-infection and syphilis.


PILLAR hosts community screening event in Laredo

April 5, 2019

TACKLE HIV/HCV program partners, PILLAR, hosted a community screening event in Laredo, Texas on April 4, 2019 to provide free HIV and HCV screening and education about HIV/HCV coinfection, sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and opioid overdose prevention.


Educational outreach at Texas Public Health Association Annual Education Conference

March 20, 2019

TACKLE HIV/HCV team members hosted a table at the Texas Public Health Association (TPHA) Annual Education Conference in San Antonio, Texas on March 18-20, 2019 to share information with attendees about HIV/HCV coinfection and our efforts to treat HCV through community engagement and provider telementorship.


Panel presentation at CDC’s National HIV Prevention Conference

March 19, 2019

Waridibo Allison MBBS PhD, TACKLE HIV/HCV Program Director, spoke about the program in a panel at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 2019 National HIV Prevention Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia on March 19, 2019. Presentation title: Approaches to Inform Hepatitis C Virus Surveillance and Reporting within the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Ryan […]