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ABOUT
In 2023, the WRI will host a meeting focused on “Optimizing the Behavioral Health and Overall Well-being of Women Living with and Vulnerable to HIV." For too long, HIV treatment success has been narrowly defined by viral suppression, despite widespread recognition that a broad array of factors contribute to well-being, especially among women. Behavioral health, including mental health and substance use, plays a primary role in women’s lives and addressing it is vital to ensuring their overall well-being.
The WRI 2023 will demonstrate the need to address the whole woman through HIV prevention, treatment, research, and policy. It will explore the role of behavioral health across settings, including substance use, throughout the lifespan, and among women of varied gender, racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic experiences. It will examine the role of policy and research and seek to identify ways to use these levers to improve care and access for women living with and vulnerable to HIV. Because the WRI addresses topics through a problem-solving lens, this meeting will go beyond articulating the issues to developing a series of recommendations for how to improve behavioral health support for women living with and vulnerable to HIV.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
We will arrange hotel accommodations for all attendees. Please do not contact the hotel directly. We will confirm your hotel reservations for the nights of April 20, 21 and 22. Additional night requests are based on availability and are at the expense of the attendee.
TRAVEL INFORMATION
Air Ticketing: A flight itinerary will be sent to you for your approval before anything is ticketed.
Ground transportation to and from the airport in Tucson will be arranged for you. Specific details will follow.
REGISTRATION PROCESS
Please note that when you register, you will be asked to upload your CV/bio. You may return at a later point to do this, however, if you can do it at the time of registration, it would be greatly appreciated.
WRI will cover the cost of transportation and lodging for non-governmental and non-industry participants.
For questions regarding registration, please contact debbie.cooke@meetingmasters.biz.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
The Omni Tucson National Resort's follows the CDC guidance regarding meetings and events and currently has lifted all restrictions. The resort will continue to monitor CDC and government recommendations and act accordingly and we will keep you updated on any changes.
The WRI has decided that the best way to ensure the health and safety of our meeting participants is to ask everyone who plans to attend the meeting to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (inclusive of a boosters), due to the length, spirit, and intimacy of the meeting. If you have any questions, please contact Jenna Conley at jconley@thewellproject.org.