HIV Services. The County’s HIV/AIDS Ambulatory Care Clinic (known as 17th Street Care) is the principal provider of ambulatory medical care and supportive services for un- and under-funded HIV infected individuals living in Orange County. Medi-Cal eligible clients are not eligible for County services, though it is acknowledged that a liaison function is important to link patients to community providers. The County’s 17th Street Care Clinic provides care including comprehensive ambulatory medical care, needed laboratory and support services such as educational, psychosocial, nutritional and benefits counseling to eligible HIV-seropositive patients with the goal of keeping those patients as healthy and productive as possible and to prevent further spread of HIV to others at risk. All services are provided on an outpatient basis. Patients requiring specialty medical care are referred to appropriate contract providers in the community. HIV counseling, risk assessment, anonymous and confidential HIV testing, and post-test counseling are services offered to any person presenting to the County’s 17th Street Testing and Treatment Clinic. All patients with HIV positive test results are referred to medical care services. County’s HIV Planning and Coordination Programs provides the following services: staff support to the Orange County HIV Planning Council, the HIV Prevention Committee and their committees; preparation of State and Federal grant applications; procurement and monitoring of community-based services; investigation of and reporting of HIV and AIDS cases to the State Office of AIDS Case Registry; investigation of occupational exposure reports made by public safety workers. County and CalOptima Responsibilities Category County/HIV Related Services CalOptima / Health Networks Administration Administer HIV Ambulatory Care Clinic (17th Street Care) consistent with current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Public Health Services, and California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recommendations for effective HIV care. The 17th Street Care staff will refer patients with specialty medical care needs to contract providers in the community. CalOptima will be responsible for assuring the delivery of health care services for CalOptima members (including HIV testing and treatment); consistent with current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Public Health Services, and California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recommendations for effective HIV care...
HIV Services implement the Three Ones at national and provincial level; support the implementation of laws, policies and strategies on HIV; • mainstreaming HIV in national and provincial SEDP; promote political commitment; • promote Universal Access to prevention, treatment, care and support; increase coverage among vulnerable groups such as IDUs, sex workers and their clients, people in closed settings, potential victims of human trafficking; incorporate paediatric care and treatment into the curriculum of medical schools; enhance gender equity, volunteerism and social mobilisation in support services for PLHIV; • increase access to services such as PMTCT voluntary confidential testing and counselling, peer outreach, condoms, drug treatment, opioid substitution treatment, needle syringe provision.
