Get Vaccinated

Vaccination protects people from respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and Influenza (flu). The COVID-19 vaccine helps protect people from severe illness, hospitalization, and death. CDC recommends that everyone six months and older get a 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine. See the Figure below. These include people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine, people who have had COVID-19, and people with long COVID. Protect yourself from COVID-19. Get the updated COVID-19 vaccine. During the 2021-2022 flu season, the CDC estimates flu caused 9 million flu illnesses, 100,000 flu hospitalizations, and 5,000 flu deaths. See the Figure below. The best way to protect yourself against flu is to get a flu vaccine every season. CDC recommends everyone six months and older get an annual flu vaccine. Protect yourself from the flu and its complications. Get vaccinated. The Institute for Population Health (IPH) has the updated COVID-19 vaccine and flu vaccine available at 9053 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Call 313-309-9350 ext. 2 to schedule a home visit or come to the clinic.

Know Your HIV Status

In 2022, over 38,000 people received an HIV diagnosis. The only way to know your HIV status is to get tested. Knowing your status gives you important information to help you choose options to stay healthy. CDC recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 get tested for HIV at least once as part of routine health care. See the Figure below. Protect yourself from HIV. Get HIV tested. IPH is located at 9053 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Call 313-3099350 ext. 2 for more information on HIV testing, PrEP, PEP, and treatment.

PrEP Reduces Risk of Getting HIV

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective for preventing HIV. PrEP reduces the risk of getting HIV from sex by about 99% and from injecting drugs by at least 74% when taken as prescribed. PrEP is for people who don’t have HIV and are at risk of getting HIV from sex or injection drug use. Truvada and Descovy are the two pills approved for use as PrEP. Cabotegravir (CAB) 600 mg (brand name Apretude) is the only approved injectable PrEP. See the Figure below. CAB is a single antiretroviral drug given as an intramuscular injection every two months to prevent HIV. Injectable PrEP with CAB is highly effective at protecting patients from HIV and is for adults and adolescents who weigh at least 77 pounds (35 kg) and are at risk of getting HIV through sex. CAB injections may be a good option for PrEP for people who have problems taking oral PrEP as prescribed, prefer getting a shot every two months instead of taking oral PrEP, and have serious kidney disease that prevents the use of oral PrEP medications. See the Figure below. Protect yourself from HIV. IPH is located at 9053 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Call 313-309-9350 ext. 2 for more information on HIV testing, PrEP, PEP, and treatment.