Sacred Conversations: HIV 101 (NC Council of Churches)

According to the Southern Aids Coalition, the South has 52% of the undiagnosed HIV infections in the United States. Learn what HIV looks like in NC and how faith communities can get involved. Our speaker will be Caressa J. Harding. She is a Public Health Practitioner has spent 25 years assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating local, regional, and state community health programs in Communicable Diseases. As the Data to Action Program Manager for NC Division of Public Health, Communicable Disease Branch, she is responsible for assisting funded regional networks with reaching historically marginalized people to access care, stay in care, and achieving viral suppression. She also is responsible for leading efforts to implement the End the HIV Epidemic plan for NC and coordinating health/racial equity and reducing stigma initiatives.