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HHS Convenes Second Meeting of NHAS Implementation Group

By Ron Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Working towards the December 9 deadline for submitting its National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) implementation plan to...

Published Tue, Sep 28 2010 3:38 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Changing How We Think about HIV Awareness

By Deb LeBel, AIDS.gov Partnerships Specialist AIDS.gov funded 17 organizations serving communities of color, other communities at highest risk of HIV, and people living with HIV. The funding was intended to stimulate and support the organizations'...

Published Tue, Sep 28 2010 2:39 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Communities of Color, Web/Tech, Social Networks, Text messaging/Mobile, LGBTQ Health, Microgrants, Social Determinants of Health

Focusing HIV Prevention Efforts on Gay and Bisexual Men

By Brian Bond, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement (Cross-posted from the Office of National AIDS Policy Blog) Today is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. For me, every day is an “awareness day” about HIV/AIDS.... Read...

Published Mon, Sep 27 2010 7:26 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Awareness Days

National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

By Howard K. Koh, M.D., M.P.H, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dr. Howard Koh, HHS Since the first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981, gay men have been in the eye of the... Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 27 2010 6:25 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: LGBTQ Health, Awareness Days

Youth, New Media, and HIV/AIDS: amfAR Congressional Briefing

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director Lynne Mofenson, NIH, Margarita Figueroa-Gonzalez, HRSA, & Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in a Congressional briefing sponsored by amfAR , HIV/AIDS and Youth: Moving Toward an...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 3:07 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Text messaging/Mobile, Youth

HIV in the City

By Kevin Fenton, M.D., Ph.D., FFPH, Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC (Cross-posted from Health Protection, Perspectives Blog) Today, CDC released a new study of HIV prevalence and unrecognized infection...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 10:42 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, LGBTQ Health, Awareness Days, Social Determinants of Health, People Living With HIV, CDC

HHS Meets with Lead Federal Departments about the NHAS

By Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS Meeting of Lead Federal Departments for the NHAS Yesterday the Department of Health and Human Services...

Published Wed, Sep 22 2010 2:37 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2010

By Stephen Bailous, Vice President for Community Affairs, National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA) A review of the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic (see the December 4, 2008 "HIV/AIDS - Advances in Hope Video Podcast") might leave some...

Published Tue, Sep 21 2010 11:49 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: LGBTQ Health, Awareness Days

U.S. Conference on AIDS 2010 Wrap Up

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director We’re back from the United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) that was held last week in Orlando, Florida. Sponsored by the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), USCA is the largest HIV/AIDS conference in the country...

Published Mon, Sep 20 2010 2:39 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy at the Community Level

By James Albino, Senior Program Manager, Office of National AIDS Policy (Cross-posted from the Office of National AIDS Policy Blog) Now that the National HIV/AIDS Strategy has been released and the lead Federal agencies are working on preparing their...

Published Mon, Sep 20 2010 1:29 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day

by Kathy Greenlee (Cross-posted from the Office of National AIDS Policy Blog) Tomorrow, September 18, 2010, marks the 3rd annual National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day. This special day provides us all with the opportunity to focus on the many... Read...

Published Fri, Sep 17 2010 2:46 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, HIV/AIDS Awareness Days

Institute of Medicine Issues Report on HIV Screening and Access to Care

By Jeffrey S. Crowley, M.P.H., Director, Office of National AIDS Policy (Cross-posted from the Office of National AIDS Policy Blog) Last fall, the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) commissioned the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the health arm of the...

Published Thu, Sep 16 2010 9:33 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Integrating Health Services

By Gustavo Aquino, M.P.H., Associate Director for Program Integration (Cross-posted from Health Protection, Perspectives Blog) Over the next three years, CDC will award almost $6.2 million to health departments in six demonstration project areas to accelerate...

Published Thu, Sep 16 2010 4:33 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, Budget

NIAID to Host Public Meeting on Future HIV/AIDS Research Networks

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the NIH will host a public meeting on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, in Arlington, Va., to examine the future of the Institute’s HIV/AIDS clinical trial networks. Currently, NIAID...

Published Thu, Sep 16 2010 4:22 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, Research Agenda

U.S. Conference on AIDS and the Implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

By Howard K. Koh, M.D., M.P.H, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dr. Howard Koh, HHS I was honored to attend this year’s United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) and present at the closing session.... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 15 2010 11:02 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

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HHS Convenes Second Meeting of NHAS Implementation Group

Changing How We Think about HIV Awareness

Focusing HIV Prevention Efforts on Gay and Bisexual Men

National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Youth, New Media, and HIV/AIDS: amfAR Congressional Briefing

HIV in the City

HHS Meets with Lead Federal Departments about the NHAS

National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2010

U.S. Conference on AIDS 2010 Wrap Up

Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy at the Community Level

National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day

Institute of Medicine Issues Report on HIV Screening and Access to Care

Integrating Health Services

NIAID to Host Public Meeting on Future HIV/AIDS Research Networks

U.S. Conference on AIDS and the Implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy