• Provides basic health education and health maintenance information
  
  
• Helps you communicate your needs to your doctor and other service providers
  
  
• Explains to you the important legal issues related to HIV disease
  
  
• Serves as interpreters to help you access services more smoothly
  
  
• Provides linkage and referral to comprehensive services: including housing, public benefits, ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program), immigration and financial assistance
  
  
• Distributes discount vouchers to eligible clients for food and transportation
  
  
• We will work to accommodate clients who speak any Asian or Pacific Islander language

Chinese Treatment Case Manager (Mandarin/Cantonese):
Christina Wang
415.292.3400 x344

Filipino Treatment Case Manager & Peer Advocate Supervisor (Tagalog):
Malou Valdez
415.292.3400 x306

Japanese Treatment Case Manager & Psychotherapist (Japanese):
Aya Okumura, LCSW
415.292.3400 x329

Filipino Treatment Case Manager San Mateo & San Francisco (Tagalog):
Rhodora Cabral
650.669.0482
415.292.3420 x325

East Bay Office Treatment Case Manager (Vietnamese):
Anthony Huynh
510.625.1578
510.625.8970 FAX
1755 Broadway, 3rd Floor (at 19th Street)
Oakland, CA 94612

For all other languages or general inquiries:
Rachel Matillano,
Director, Care Services
415.292.3420 x307

Treatment Advocacy

• Provides ongoing treatment education and consultation
  
  
• Ensures linkage to and client satisfaction with HIV medical care
  
  
• Helps clients understand prescribed and available treatments
  
  
• Provides information regarding Western and Eastern traditional therapies
  
  
• Assists clients in maintaining adherence through monitoring and support
  
  
• Supports client's decision-making process around treatments
  
  
• Provides access to clinical trials, expanded drug access programs, treatment research and updates