September 2012 - AIDS.gov Blog - The Network of Care

NIH AIDS Researcher Lynne Mofenson Named 2012 Federal Employee of the Year

Dr. Lynne Meryl Mofenson, Branch Chief, Pediatric, Adolescent and Maternal AIDS Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, has received a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (“Sammie”) for the...

Published Mon, Sep 17 2012 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIH, Women and Girls

Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund Supports $14.2 Million in Awards to 8 States to Improve HIV Testing and Engagement in Care

This week, our partners at CDC announced that eight state health departments have been awarded a total of $14.2 million in first-year funding under a new, innovative, three-year cross-HHS demonstration project aligned with the National HIV/AIDS Strategy...

Published Fri, Sep 28 2012 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Communities of Color, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Social Determinants of Health, CDC, HRSA, SAMHSA, HIV Policy & Programs

New Media – Twitter – Remember National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Today, many people in the HIV community and beyond will observe the fifth annual National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. In the midst of HIV testing events, conferences, and other events in local communities, it is appropriate to stop today and remember...

Published Thu, Sep 27 2012 1:53 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, LGBTQ Health, HIV Policy & Programs

Helping Understand and Treat HIV Through Community-Based Leadership

The ***, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community have helped bring about much of the tremendous progress in understanding and treating HIV, ranging from increasing HIV awareness, to fighting HIV-related discrimination, to volunteering for cutting...

Published Thu, Sep 27 2012 1:30 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, LGBTQ Health, Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs

Common application for HIV patient assistance program expedites application process for lifesaving drugs

The Common Patient Assistance Program Application (CPAPA), announced by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at the International AIDS Conference in July, went into effect today. This single common application allows uninsured individuals...

Published Wed, Sep 12 2012 9:31 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

More Regional Summits on National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation

HHS regional offices have continued to support regional and local conversations about implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) in recent months. Meetings convened by Department of Health and Human Services’ regional offices are part of...

Published Thu, Sep 13 2012 3:52 PM by AIDS.gov blog

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

NIH Research on HIV and Aging

As a result of the global response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, particularly the successful use and scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART), the spectrum of HIV disease has dramatically changed in the last several years. With good adherence to ART, many...

Published Tue, Sep 18 2012 6:30 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIH, HIV Policy & Programs, Aging and HIV

Putting Children Front and Center in the Response to HIV/AIDS

This week at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, world leaders are coming together to move the world’s health and development agenda forward. Among the key agenda items is securing a better future for children — which is also...

Published Tue, Sep 25 2012 2:59 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Youth, Global, PEPFAR Updates

HIV Prevention Goes Social

With over half of all of Americans over the age of 12 using online social networks, there is no doubt that social media plays an ever increasing role in how the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC ) reaches our constituents. And, for that matter, how...

Published Tue, Sep 25 2012 5:02 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, New Media

Celebrating National Recovery Month and Associated Efforts to Strengthen Viral Hepatitis Services

September marks the 23rd annual observance of National Recovery Month (Recovery Month). Our colleagues at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) organize Recovery Month as an observance to educate Americans on the fact...

Published Thu, Sep 06 2012 10:32 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Injection Drug Use, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

Mapping Epidemics

The NCHHSTP Atlas—an online visualization tool for surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—is the latest innovation of CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). Using the...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 10:21 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: CDC, HIV Policy & Programs

National HIV/AIDS Aging Awareness Day Webinar

September 18, 2012 will mark the fifth annual observance of National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD). This year’s theme is “Aging is a part of life: HIV doesn’t have to be!” The lead organization for the day is The AIDS Institute . With this...

Published Fri, Sep 14 2012 3:09 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, HIV Policy & Programs, Aging and HIV

Make Sure New Media is Not a Source of Distracted Driving

AIDS.gov encourages the use of new media to respond to public health issues, and to meet our audiences’ needs, we offer content through social media. Over time, we are seeing a major shift in the way people are accessing our content—nearly 50% of our...

Published Tue, Sep 18 2012 4:58 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Social Networks, Mobile

National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day: Recognizing the Challenges of Growing Older with HIV/AIDS

Today marks the fifth observance of National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day. It is a day where we recognize that while the progress made in reducing HIV mortality and morbidity is remarkable, people aging with HIV face multiple, unique challenges. By...

Published Tue, Sep 18 2012 12:54 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, HIV Policy & Programs, Aging and HIV

“A picture is worth a thousand words”: Photo Sharing at AIDS 2012

This Labor Day, like many Americans, I spent time with friends and family and took photos that I shared with my mobile phone. Today, sharing photos on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram (we’ll write more about Instagram in a future post) offers...

Published Tue, Sep 04 2012 2:59 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Uncategorized, Photo Sharing

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