Co-hosts Jessica and Jim talk about an important way to prevent HIV after one has been exposed to the virus. The fancy term for this is "Post-Exposure Prophylaxis" or PEP. Listen to learn more about the promises of PEP and the unfortunate lack of implementation of this prevention strategy. Then visit www.MappingPathways.blogspot.com to read the new Mapping Pathways report “Developing Evidence-Based, People-Centred Strategies for the Use of Antiretrovirals as Prevention."

You can also submit questions or comments to Jessica and Jim by emailing them: mappingpathways@gmail.com. If you think your question might benefit others, notify Jessica and Jim in your email, and they'll discuss it in a future podcast.

Music: Eggy EP (Trailblazer) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Mapping Pathways Podcast: PEP Talk

For a few weeks, Jim Pickett and Jessica Terlikowski, co-hosts of the podcast, have been talking about a new report called Mapping Pathways. Though it is an impressive document, it exists to create conversations about HIV prevention. The report argues that if science strongly considers cultural behaviors and preferences, we can reduce the number of new HIV infections around the globe.

The first big conversation this report sparked took place recently in San Francisco. Listen to this episode to hear what Jessica and Jim learned; then email them at mappingpathways@gmail.com.

Music: Free Film Music (cameronmusic.co.uk) (Alastair Cameron) / CC BY 3.0

Mapping Pathways Podcast: We Need More Behavioral Science

Ready or not, ObamaCare is coming, and it's going to help a lot of people obtain health care coverage, especially those who earn low wages and live with HIV/AIDS. Perhaps the greatest resource for these individuals and millions of others is Medicaid.

Many states are expanding their Medicaid programs to cover more people, and they're making this form of public health insurance more accessible; however, many states aren't expanding.

Listen to co-hosts Suraj Madoori and Lucy Baglin discuss the ins and outs of Medicaid expansion in this episode of Unwrapping ObamaCare!

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Unwrapping ObamaCare: Medicaid Expansion

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Starting October 1, online Marketplaces will open across the country to enroll people in ObamaCare, but there are still a lot questions left unanswered. For example, when will the sites go live, and how can people find assistance with enrollment?

Co-hosts Lucy Baglin and Suraj Madoori sit down with Ramon Gardenhire, Director of Government Relations at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, to dig into these issues that will affect thousands of people with HIV/AIDS nationwide.

Music: Uh-murr-kah (Mike Doughty) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Unwrapping ObamaCare: Health Care Marketplaces

Lucy Baglin and Suraj Madoori, cohosts of Unwrapping ObamaCare, received an email from a listener who saw gaps in local conversations about the coming changes to our health care system. Instead of responding to the listener by email, they invited him to their studio, so he could share his consumer-level perspective and offer insight to other people with HIV, who will be eligible for health insurance on the Marketplace.

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Unwrapping ObamaCare: A Necessary Perspective

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Mapping Pathways Podcast: We Need More Behavioral Science

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