{"id":3504,"date":"2018-12-10T15:06:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T01:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/?p=3504"},"modified":"2020-02-14T03:14:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T13:14:12","slug":"department-of-internal-medicine-the-fight-against-hiv-aids-continues-at-uhp-clint-spencer-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/department-of-internal-medicine-the-fight-against-hiv-aids-continues-at-uhp-clint-spencer-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Internal Medicine: The fight against HIV\/AIDS continues at UHP Clint Spencer Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3504\" class=\"elementor elementor-3504\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7971bff6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7971bff6\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75cde347 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"75cde347\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-46f67bb elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/author\/hi-vizibility-marketing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversity Health Partners of Hawaii\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a474e5f elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/2018\/12\/10\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>December 10, 2018<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c3c52e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18c3c52e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53279a7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53279a7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>December 10, 2018 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p><p>Pictured: Dr. Cecilia Shikuma examining a patient&#8217;s blood pressure.<\/p><p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 2,500 individuals in the state of Hawaii live with HIV\/AIDS.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the UHP Clint Spencer Clinic, which is located at the Clinics of Kaka\u02bbako on the JABSOM campus, researchers continue to find cures for of HIV\/AIDS. Dr. Cecilia Shikuma and Dr. Dominic Chow are two of the key players in the local fight against HIV\/AIDS. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWell, you know, Hawaii has never had a very big epidemic in HIV,\u201d said Dr. Shikuma, director of the Hawaii Center for AIDS (HICFA), which partners with Clint Spencer on the research aspect of HIV\/AIDS prevention.<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3508 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_9487-1.jpg?resize=640%2C441&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_9487-1.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_9487-1.jpg?resize=150%2C103&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_9487-1.jpg?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Left to right: Dr. Bruce Shiramizu; Dr. Cecilia Shikuma; Dr. Dominic Chow, researchers at the Hawaii Center for AIDS.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think a lot of the credit goes to the State Department of Health. We were one of the first states that had a needle exchange program, which meant that HIV was not being transmitted by needles in the intravenous drug abuse population. I think overall, our state has been proactive in minimizing stigma. So we have a very small epidemic, but it\u2019s not zero.\u201d<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shikuma has been an active advocate of HIV\/AIDS prevention for more than 30 years. In fact, she received the Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award for her many years of work in HIV\/AIDS research and prevention on December 1 at the Church of the Crossroads in M\u014d\u02bbili\u02bbili. In fact, on December 1 at the Church of the Crossroads in M\u014d\u02bbili\u02bbili, she received the Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award for her many years of work in HIV\/AIDS research and prevention.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re so proud of [Dr. Shikuma],\u201d said Dr. Dominic Chow, who heads the Clint Spencer Clinic. \u201cShe has really led the forefront of the fight against HIV, not only locally, but also nationally and internationally. She has gotten this award which exemplifies our dedication in getting Hawaii to zero.\u201d <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015, HICFA launched the Hawai\u2018i 2 Zero (H20) cure initiative, which aims to reduce HIV\/AIDS cases down to zero &#8212; zero new infections, zero new deaths and zero stigma caused by HIV. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The long-term vision of H20 is to make Hawaii the first AIDS-free state in the nation, which would not have been possible thirty years ago because of HIV\/AIDS\u2019 reputation of being a \u201cdeath sentence\u201d. Now, with new development in testing and treatment, the initiative\u2019s goal to eliminate HIV\/AIDS is a stark possibility.<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3506 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44306617840_a4b49ea71d_z.jpg?resize=640%2C448&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44306617840_a4b49ea71d_z.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44306617840_a4b49ea71d_z.jpg?resize=150%2C105&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44306617840_a4b49ea71d_z.jpg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, Truvada, an effective Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) medication, is offered to HIV-negative individuals, especially those living with others who are HIV-positive. <\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since H20\u2019s inception, community leaders and organizations have rallied together to support HICFA in its endeavors. The Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center (H3RC) recently teamed up with HICFA to provide free, confidential HIV testing. Governor David Ige signed a proclamation that marked December 1 World AIDS Day in the state of Hawaii, which Shikuma believes is the government\u2019s way of supporting HICFA\u2019s efforts to end the HIV\/AIDS stigma in Hawaii. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBeing involved in Hawai\u2018i 2 Zero has meant that the Department of Health and a community are now galvanized and really united in the effort to drive Hawaii to zero,\u201d Dr. Shikuma said. \u201cSo now there is a Department of Health-run effort to gather all the stakeholders together to really set the policies of what our goal should be and how we\u2019re going to get Hawaii to zero.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><b>For more information on the Hawaii Center for AIDS and World AIDS Day: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/hawaii2zero\/getting-hawaii-2-zero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hawaii to Zero | Getting Hawai&#8217;i To Zero<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldaidsdayhawaii.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World AIDS Day Hawaii \u2013 With Support from the Hawai&#8217;i Health and Harm Reduction Center<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/2018\/12\/01\/another-blue-pill-can-prevent-hiv-by-nearly-percent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawaii News Now interview with Drs. Shikuma and Chow\u00a0<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uhmed\/albums\/72157674207133297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PHOTOS: Dr. Cecilia Shikuma receives Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award<\/a><\/p><p><b><br \/>For free, confidential HIV testing:<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diamond Head Health Center, STD\/HIV Clinic<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3627 Kilauea Avenue, Suite 305<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(808) 733-9281<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">677 Ala Moana Boulevard, Suite 226<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honolulu, HI 96813<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(808) 521-2437 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-339d5907 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"339d5907\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3266bd5c\" data-id=\"3266bd5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-713670e elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"713670e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/news-all\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">&lt;&lt;   &nbsp;Return To News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 10, 2018 &#8212; At UHP&#8217;s Clint Spencer Clinic, doctors and researchers are working together to eliminate the spread of HIV\/AIDS in Hawaii. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21740,"featured_media":3507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-3504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-department-of-internal-medicine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/45211431605_4db5dd54a1_z.jpg?fit=640%2C442&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21740"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3504"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12924,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3504\/revisions\/12924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}