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

Funds Available for New Media Planning

We know that using new media can help HIV/AIDS service organizations extend the reach of their programs and messaging. At the same time, new media is helping to advance the goals of the Digital Government Strategy (DGS), which calls on us “to ask ourselves...

Published Mon, Jun 24 2013 10:30 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Strategy/Planning, New Media, Communities of Color

Through PEPFAR Support, One Million Babies Born HIV-Free

At the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), we measure our progress with metrics that account for every program, dollar, and service received. While these indicators help us become more efficient and effective in the work we...

Published Wed, Jun 19 2013 12:15 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Global, PEPFAR Updates

Caribbean-American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: HIV in the Caribbean Region

Note: In the United States, Caribbean-American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is June 8. For this observance, Caribbean-American leaders sponsor diverse activities to create awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the health status of Caribbean-Americans within...

Published Fri, Jun 07 2013 10:34 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Global Health Initiative, CDC, Global

Celebrating Innovation at the Fourth Annual Health Datapalooza Conference

Three years ago, the Department of Health and Human Services kicked off the Health Data Initiative with 45 people gathered in a conference room. This week marks the fourth edition of what has come to be known as ‘Datapalooza,’ which has grown to include...

Published Wed, Jun 05 2013 2:00 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, Open Government, HIV Policy & Programs

SAMHSA Announces New Funding Opportunity for Use of New Media to Prevent Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) has issued a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to support the use of new media to prevent substance abuse and HIV/AIDS among...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2013 1:38 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Communities of Color, LGBTQ Health, SAMHSA, HIV Policy & Programs

Conversations with AIDS.gov: Mario Perez Discusses Use of the HIV Treatment Cascade on the Local Level

Several recent blog posts have discussed the use of the HIV treatment cascade to identify issues and opportunities related to improving the delivery of services to persons living with HIV (PLWH) along each major stage of the continuum of care and the...

Published Wed, Jun 05 2013 9:05 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, HIV Treatment Cascade

Advances in HIV Testing

Today is the 19th annual National HIV Testing Day (NHTD). HIV testing is the first critical step to ending the HIV epidemic in the United States, and testing and linkage to care continue to be the mainstay of our prevention efforts at the Center for Disease...

Published Thu, Jun 27 2013 1:27 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Testing, CDC, HIV Policy & Programs

Increasing Flexibility for Ryan White Grantees Making 75/25 Core Medical Services Waiver Requests

Last week, HRSA published a Final Notice in the Federal Register, and invited comments, amending the uniform standards for requesting a core medical services waiver for fiscal year (FY) 2014 and beyond. This revision provides Ryan White grantees more...

Published Wed, Jun 12 2013 6:26 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Ryan White Program, HIV Policy & Programs

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Statement for National HIV Testing Day 2013

Today, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a statement recognizing the 19th annual observance of National HIV Testing Day (NHTD). We are grateful to the Secretary, who also worked with the AIDS.gov team to record two video public service announcements...

Published Wed, Jun 26 2013 7:51 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Testing, HIV Policy & Programs, Women and Girls

Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Supreme Court Ruling on Defense of Marriage Act

Today’s Supreme Court decision finding the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional is a victory for equality, which is a core belief of this administration. It is also a victory for families, especially those children whose parents’ legal same sex marriages...

Published Wed, Jun 26 2013 2:15 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs

HUD Awards $32 Million to 30 Local HIV-AIDS Housing Programs

[Last month], the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced $32 million in grant awards to assist more than 1,300 extremely low-income persons and families living with HIV/AIDS annually. The grant awards will provide these households...

Published Fri, Jun 21 2013 5:30 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Housing, HIV Policy & Programs

Social Work and HIV/AIDS

Social workers have always been critical to our nation’s response to HIV. In working to connect newly diagnosed people to HIV care and to help people to stay in care, social workers are now helping to make the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Read...

Published Mon, Jun 17 2013 3:23 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, HIV Policy & Programs, Aging and HIV

Addressing Potential Discrimination against Health Professions Students with HBV Infection

The Department of Justice, the Department of Education, and the Department of Health and Human Services sent a joint letter this week to the nation’s medical schools, dental schools, nursing schools, and other health-related schools regarding hepatitis...

Published Fri, Jun 14 2013 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

NIH Scientists Discover How HIV Kills Immune Cells

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 5, 2013 MEDIA AVAILABILITY NIH Scientists Discover How HIV Kills Immune Cells Findings Have Implications for HIV Treatment WHAT: Untreated HIV infection destroys a person’s immune system by killing infection-fighting...

Published Fri, Jun 07 2013 5:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, HIV Vaccine, NIH

FDA approves first genotyping test for patients with hepatitis C virus

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a test that identifies the genotypeof hepatitis C virus (HCV) that apatientis carrying. The Abbott RealTime HCV Genotype II, which can differentiate genotypes 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 4, and 5,using a sample...

Published Fri, Jun 28 2013 2:26 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: FDA, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

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