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

Proposed National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation Fund

Because the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) is a priority endeavor for the U.S. government, when the President released his Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) budget proposal in February of this year, he proposed a special fund to support the implementation of...

Published Tue, Jun 28 2011 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Budget, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Emory Launches New Tool to Visualize HIV Epidemic in the US

Today, the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University launched AIDSVu, an interactive online map that, 30 years into the epidemic, provides a detailed view of the number of people living with an HIV diagnosis in the United States by state and...

Published Wed, Jun 01 2011 7:14 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Web/Tech, Mashups

A Bold New Plan To Eliminate Pediatric HIV Transmission and Keep Mothers Alive

Today, I was proud to participate in an historic moment in the global HIV response. Standing with former President Bill Clinton, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and many others, we joined forces toward an ambitious, yet achievable, goal — ending...

Published Thu, Jun 09 2011 4:07 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Global, PEPFAR Updates

In His Own Words: Community Activist Phill Wilson Reflects on 30 Years of AIDS

In commemoration of 30 Years of AIDS, we are sharing the personal stories of colleagues and community members who have been around since the very beginning of the epidemic in 1981. In this spirit, we recently interviewed Phill Wilson for a symposium entitled...

Published Tue, Jun 07 2011 2:49 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs

The Future of the NIAID Clinical Trial Units

As NIAID moves forward to restructure its HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Networks and include a new network focused on infectious diseases other than AIDS, the Clinical Trial Units (CTUs) will continue to play a critical role in establishing, developing, and...

Published Tue, Jun 28 2011 11:33 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, Clinical Trials

Veterans’ Stories: The VA and 30 Years of AIDS

Did you know that the Veterans Health Administration is the largest single provider of HIV care in the United States, providing care for more than 24,000 Veterans living with HIV in 2010? The VA has been and remains an integral part of the service delivery...

Published Mon, Jun 20 2011 2:25 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Video Sharing, People Living With HIV

The State and Future of HIV/AIDS Webinar

On June 5, many in the HIV/AIDS community and beyond will stop to recognize the 30 years of AIDS, remember the first report of the cases of AIDS and look at where we have come in our response to the HIV epidemic. In commemoration, on June 15 at 3pm ET...

Published Wed, Jun 01 2011 2:11 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Ryan White Program, Web Conferences, CDC, Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs

What You Missed: Open for Questions 30 Years of AIDS

Yesterday, Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin, Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy Jeffrey Crowley and Director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Dr. Carl Dieffenbach came...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 11:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: NIAID, NIH, HIV Policy & Programs

National HIV Testing Day TwitterViews

New media has become a crucial tool for relaying health information, sharing resources, developing and maintaining partnerships, promoting events and building community. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), AIDS.gov and other Federal...

Published Tue, Jun 14 2011 11:44 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Twitter

Highlights from a National Discussion on 30 Years of AIDS in the United States

Earlier this month over 2,000 government employees, stakeholders, staff from community organizations, consumers, and advocates working in HIV participated in a webinar, “The State and Future of HIV/AIDS” to recognize 30 years of AIDS. The...

Published Tue, Jun 28 2011 12:51 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Web Conferences, HIV Policy & Programs

FY11 Awards Made Under the Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund

In a post last month, Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, provided an overview of the Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF) and highlighted the changes that were made this year to bring it into...

Published Wed, Jun 22 2011 3:01 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: National HIV/AIDS Strategy, HIV Policy & Programs

As HIV Turns 30, Attention Turns to an Aging Epidemic

The opinions expressed in this post are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official positions or policies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or other Federal agencies. Just two months before the 30th anniversary of...

Published Thu, Jun 30 2011 2:07 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: LGBTQ Health, HIV Policy & Programs

The National Museum of American History Recognizes 30 Years of AIDS

Recently, I learned of two complementary exhibits at the National Museum of American History entitled, HIV and AIDS Thirty Years Ago and Archiving the History of an Epidemic: HIV and AIDS, 1985-2009. As one passionate about the fight against AIDS, but...

Published Wed, Jun 29 2011 5:10 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs

FDA and FTC Act to Remove Fraudulent HIV and STD Products from the Market

Last month the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a joint effort to remove products from the market that make unproven claims to treat, cure, and prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including...

Published Thu, Jun 09 2011 8:57 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: FDA, HIV Policy & Programs

Today is Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Co-authored by Jane Carper, Intern, AIDS.gov Today is Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NCAHAAD)—an annual observance dedicated to increasing awareness of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean American community. The National Planning Committee convened...

Published Wed, Jun 08 2011 9:32 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, HIV/AIDS Awareness Days

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