April 2011 - AIDS.gov Blog - The Network of Care

A Bridge for ADAPs to 2014: A National Conversation

By Vera Yakovchenko, Public Health Advisor, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services On April 7, 2011, on behalf of the Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, I attended “A Bridge for ADAPs to 2014: A National Conversation,”... Read...

Published Fri, Apr 22 2011 8:52 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: ADAP, Affordable Care Act

The Role of Communities in Implementing the Strategy: Perspectives from Florida

By Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dr. Ronald Valdiserri In early April, I was privileged to be able to talk to a group of nearly 300 health... Read...

Published Mon, Apr 11 2011 1:57 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Multiple Community Partners Collaborate to Address HIV/AIDS Among Women in the Pacific Northwest

By Christopher Bates, M.P.A., Executive Director, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS and Senior Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Next month I will have the honor...

Published Wed, Apr 06 2011 2:23 PM by AIDS.gov blog

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

April is STD Awareness Month. Did you GYT?

By Rachel Kachur, MPH, Health Communication Specialist, Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention April is STD Awareness Month. Every year there are over 19 million new cases of STDs in the United States (CDC). Half of......

Published Tue, Apr 19 2011 8:47 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Web/Tech, Youth, CDC

Justice Department Issues Letter Regarding Illegal Exclusion of Individuals with HIV/AIDS from Occupational Training and State Licens

Allison Nichol, JD, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice Allison Nichol, U.S. DOJ The Justice Department has issued letters to the attorneys general of all 50 states, as well as U.S. territories to...

Published Tue, Apr 19 2011 3:00 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Department of Justice

New Action Plan to Reduce Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled the HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (PDF 2MB). This document will serve as a road map for eliminating health... Read...

Published Fri, Apr 08 2011 10:32 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, Social Determinants of Health

Perspectives from Missouri

By Christopher Bates, M.P.A., Executive Director, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, and Senior Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Earlier this month, I had the...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2011 10:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Strategy in Action

HHS Strategy Implementation Group Reviews Progress, Identifies Additional Opportunities

By Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services L-R: Dr. Valdiserri, Dr. Koh, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Millett Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services...

Published Wed, Apr 06 2011 10:21 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, 12 Cities Project

Updating the HOPWA Funding Formula

By David Vos, Director, Office of HIV/AIDS Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development David Vos, HUD The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is committed to working with our Federal and community partners to ensure the success...

Published Wed, Apr 13 2011 9:13 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

Approaching 30 Years of HIV/AIDS in the United States

By Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dr. Ronald Valdiserri In less than two months, we will mark the 30th anniversary of the first reported cases of...

Published Fri, Apr 08 2011 12:03 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Youth, Mobile, and Health at Sex::Tech 2011

By Mindy Nichamin, AIDS.gov New Media Coordinator Earlier this month, I attended Sex::Tech 2011 in San Francisco, the fourth annual conference on technology, youth, and sexual health. At the conference, I heard from a range of experts - sexual health...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2011 9:59 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

Studying and Promoting LGBT Health

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director Last week, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released an important new report about the health of ***, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. The 276-page report, The Health of ***, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender...

Published Thu, Apr 07 2011 4:02 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: NIH, Policy, LGBTQ Health

Highlights from SXSWi

By Jeremy Vanderlan, AIDS.gov Technical Deputy The 2011 South by Southwest Interactive festival last month brought almost 19,000 attendees to Austin, Texas from all over the globe, a 40% increase over last year. The additional numbers were noticeable...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2011 1:38 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, New Media

PEPFAR and Ukraine: A Partnership To Stop the Spread of HIV

By Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (Cross-posted from the State Department Blog) I recently visited Ukraine for the first time in my role as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. I was pleased to have the opportunity to return to... Read...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2011 5:16 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: PEPFAR, Ambassador Eric Goosby

Federal Leads Continue Collaborative Efforts

By Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services On Monday, April 4, 2011, representatives from the six Federal agencies designated by the President as lead agencies...

Published Thu, Apr 14 2011 3:27 PM by AIDS.gov blog