March 2016 - AIDS.gov Blog - The Network of Care

Women and HIV: Essential Reads!

For the March 10 observance of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD), here are recent developments in HIV prevention, care and treatment, research, and policy to inform your conversations around women’s health. Vaginal Ring Provides...

Published Wed, Mar 09 2016 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs, Women and Girls, NWGHAAD

Digital Communication: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2016

A Pew Research Center report notes that women continue to use Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest more than men do. As we prepare to observe National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) on March 10, here are some resources to that you can share...

Published Tue, Mar 08 2016 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Social Networks, Testing, Twitter, Women and Girls, Photo Sharing, Treatment, Social Bookmarking, NWGHAAD

NIAID to Fund Further Study of Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention Investment in HOPE Trial Augments Development of Next-Generation Prevention Tools

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today that it would move forward with an open-label extension study of an HIV prevention tool for women: a silicone ring that...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2016 11:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Research, NIAID, Women and Girls, Treatment

President Obama Addresses Prescription Opioid Abuse and Heroin Epidemic

In remarks delivered at the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, this afternoon President Obama discussed a range of actions being taken to address the nation’s prescription opioid abuse and heroin epidemic. This epidemic involves...

Published Tue, Mar 29 2016 1:50 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Injection Drug Use, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis, PWID

Delivery System Reform: Making Health Care Work Better for Everyone

Summary: The Affordable Care Act gives us the tools to build a health care system that puts patients at the center. In the six years since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, we’ve made important progress to bring more access to quality, affordable...

Published Wed, Mar 23 2016 7:41 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

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

The White House Announcement: Hail and Farewell

Summary: Douglas Brooks sends a letter thanking community and government officials for their partnership and work during his two years in office. Dear Colleagues, After two extraordinary years with the Obama Administration, today is my last as the Director...

Published Thu, Mar 24 2016 9:01 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

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

Virtual Office Hours: Personalized Social Media Training

Want to learn how to make a video with a free app called Adobe Voice? Sign up for Virtual Office Hours and we’ll walk you through the process of using your smartphone to do just that! Virtual Office Hours is our biweekly, free, phone-based social media...

Published Tue, Mar 29 2016 1:00 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, Video Sharing, Virtual Office Hours

Virtual Office Hours: Engaging youth on social media

Editor’s note: AIDS.gov’s Virtual Office Hours offers free, personalized training sessions to organizations and individuals serving those impacted by HIV/AIDS. Today’s blog features Love Heals’ Executive Director, Deborah Levine who attended a Virtual...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2016 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Strategy/Planning, New Media, Youth

Words Matter: Communicating to End HIV-Related Stigma

Words matter. They can motivate, empower, and lift people up. They can also do a great deal of damage and tear people down. I was reminded of this in many different ways at the meeting on HIV stigma that the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) and the...

Published Mon, Mar 14 2016 1:30 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: LGBTQ Health, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, People Living With HIV, HIV Policy & Programs, Black Gay & Bisexual Men, Stigma

Drs. Wolitski and McCray Discuss Data on Lifetime HIV Risk (Video)

New analysis by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicating that, if current HIV diagnoses rates persist, about 1 in 2 black men who have sex with men (MSM) and 1 in 4 Latino MSM in the U.S. will be diagnosed with HIV...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2016 5:30 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Research, Communities of Color, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, CDC, Black Gay & Bisexual Men, prevention, CROI 2016, Transgender, MSM, SMAIF

Digital Media: Making The History of HIV/AIDS More Accessible

We are increasingly called to present information and educate audiences using small chunks of text that fit in Twitter’s 140-character limit, or that work well as Facebook status posts. One of the ways we attempt to do this is through our History of HIV...

Published Tue, Mar 01 2016 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media

White House Meeting on HIV Stigma Examines Interventions, Measures, Actions

Summary: On March 3, ONAP and NIH co-hosted the White House Meeting on HIV Stigma: Research for a Robust Response. As we approach the 35th anniversary of the first case reports of what would later come to be known as HIV/AIDS, we can rightfully celebrate...

Published Wed, Mar 30 2016 10:01 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: NIH, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, People Living With HIV, HIV Policy & Programs

LGBT Health Awareness Week – Addressing LGBT Health Disparities Across the Board

When President Obama, joined by leaders throughout his Administration and in Congress, fought to pass the Affordable Care Act, he did it for one overwhelming reason: to ensure that every American has access to quality, affordable health care. He did it...

Published Wed, Mar 30 2016 8:11 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: LGBTQ Health, Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs, Women and Girls

Statement: Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, M.D., on World Tuberculosis Day 2016

On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, we can commit to ending TB by rapidly adopting the 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline on When to Start Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and on Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV , more commonly known as “Test and...

Published Thu, Mar 24 2016 11:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: PEPFAR, Global, PEPFAR Updates

HRSA Recognizes National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

On March 10, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will join millions of people across the country to commemorate the 11th annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This observance highlights the impact of HIV and AIDS...

Published Wed, Mar 09 2016 9:30 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Ryan White Program, Testing, People Living With HIV, HRSA, HIV Policy & Programs, Women and Girls, Treatment, NWGHAAD

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