May 2013 - AIDS.gov Blog - The Network of Care

Efficiency and Effectiveness: Making Smart Investments to Save More Lives

The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is supporting partner countries to promote efficiency and effectiveness in their national HIV programming. This includes supporting countries to make smart investments by identifying strategies...

Published Fri, May 31 2013 9:30 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Global, PEPFAR Updates

HHS Launches Information Is Powerful Medicine Campaign

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is proud to announce the launch of the Information Is Powerful Medicine campaign. The campaign contributes to Department-wide efforts guided by the National HIV/AIDS Strategy...

Published Thu, May 30 2013 12:07 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Communities of Color, LGBTQ Health, People Living With HIV, HIV Policy & Programs, Treatment

NIDA Research Seeks to Reduce Viral Hepatitis Caused by Drug Use Behaviors

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading cause of liver failure and liver transplantation in the United States and people who inject drugs (PWID) are particularly susceptible to this disease with as many as 70% or more of this population testing positive...

Published Thu, May 30 2013 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

Community Organizing Works for Health Information Technology Systems Too

To most Americans, “Health Information Technology” (HIT) is a murky domain where policy wonks conspire with computer nerds to manage our healthcare. But community-based organizations need to think about HIT both as a powerful tool for improving community...

Published Wed, May 29 2013 7:45 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Communities of Color, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

The Future of Health Department HIV and Hepatitis Programs

For perhaps the first time in history, the end of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis is within our reach. Recent notable achievements provide promise for success, among them the release of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) and the Viral Hepatitis...

Published Tue, May 28 2013 10:17 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

Social Media Measurement & Evaluation for Public Health Success

The CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) presents “In the Know: Social Media Measurement & Evaluation for Public Health Success.” Join CDC NPIN social media and evaluation experts on Tuesday, June 4th at 2:00 P.M. ET to: determine the...

Published Tue, May 28 2013 9:57 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Strategy/Planning, New Media, Social Networks, Web Conferences

PEPFAR: Ten Years of Saving Millions of Lives

Ten years ago today, the United States Congress, in a remarkable display of compassion and bipartisanship, passed overwhelmingly legislation that established an historic and transforming global health program now known as PEPFAR — the President’s...

Published Mon, May 27 2013 5:04 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Global, PEPFAR Updates

White House Issues Executive Order on Open Data

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Digital Government Strategy, and we want to take a moment to reflect on a recent White House Executive Order about open data. This Executive Order and accompanying Open Data Policy [PDF 6MB] requires that...

Published Fri, May 24 2013 6:54 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Open Government, HIV Policy & Programs

HIV Treatment Cascade Video Now Also Available in Spanish

“Ahora el video de la Cascada de Tratamiento de VIH también está disponible en español” Recently we shared an animated video about the HIV treatment cascade in the United States that has quickly become one of the most-watched videos ever on the AIDS.gov...

Published Thu, May 23 2013 1:38 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Communities of Color, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, HIV Policy & Programs, HIV Treatment Cascade

Digital Strategy: Delivering Better Results for the Public

Today marks one year since we released the Digital Government Strategy (PDF/ HTML5), as part of the President’s directive to build a 21st Century Government that delivers better services to the American people. The Strategy is built on the proposition...

Published Thu, May 23 2013 9:28 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Digital Government Strategy

$1 Billion Health Care Innovation Awards Initiative Includes Opportunities for Models to Improve Care for PLWHA

Last week, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a nearly $1 billion initiative that will fund grant awards and evaluation to build on the Obama administration’s work to transform the health care system by delivering better...

Published Wed, May 22 2013 11:39 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Affordable Care Act, CMS, HIV Policy & Programs

Hanging out with “We the Geeks”

Editor’s note: At AIDS.gov, we continue to look for ways to increase the reach of existing HIV/AIDS programs through technology and innovation. The White House is leading a Google+ hangout series about that very topic. Read more from the Office...

Published Tue, May 21 2013 8:56 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Web/Tech

HIV Vaccine Research Update and HVTN 505

May 18th was HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, and we wanted to remind you of several posts we did last week on that subject. On Friday, we featured a guest post, Moving Forward on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, by Dr. Nelson Michael, director of the U.S. Military...

Published Tue, May 21 2013 2:30 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, HIV Vaccine

FDA to Convene Meeting on HIV Patient-Focused Drug Development and HIV Cure Research

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to talk to people living with HIV (PLWH) and HIV/AIDS advocates. On June 14, under its Patient-Focused Drug Development initiative, FDA will ask PLWH to join an open public discussion about: the impact of HIV...

Published Mon, May 20 2013 9:59 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: FDA, People Living With HIV, HIV Policy & Programs

HIV Vaccine Awareness Day Bulletin

The implementation of scientifically proven HIV prevention strategies is helping to reduce the number of new infections — the annual HIV infection rate globally fell by 22 percent from 2001 to 2011 — but a great deal more must be done. Significant scale...

Published Fri, May 17 2013 2:41 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, HIV Vaccine, NIH, HIV/AIDS Awareness Days

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