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Goals of a Social Networking Symposium for NIH Staff

AIDS.gov note: Earlier this month, AIDS.gov presented an overview on using new and social media to approximately 400 Federal staff from the National Institutes of Health. (The session was offered both live and via webcast.) We applaud NIH’s commitment...

Published Fri, Mar 19 2010 2:04 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Strategy/Planning, NIH, New Media

HHS Releases Guidance for Syringe Services Programs

Dr. Howard Koh Guest post by Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is committed to working with grantees and partners to reduce the spread of... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 09 2010 2:35 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy

Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Conference Call: Updates on ADAP from HRSA/HAB

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director On Tuesday, July 29, the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) held a conference call for PACHA members and the public. During the call, Dr. Deborah Parham-Hopson, Associate Administrator for HIV/AIDS, Health...

Published Wed, Jun 30 2010 1:54 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, PACHA, ADAP

Today is National HIV Testing Day: Take the Test, Take Control

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director Today, June 27, is National HIV Testing Day. The CDC estimates that approximately 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV; of these, an estimated 21% do not know their status. As President Obama said in... Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 27 2010 5:57 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, HIV/AIDS Awareness Days

Healthy People 2020: Interview with Penny Slade-Sawyer

by Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director The Healthy People Initiative provides a framework to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and establishes national goals to reduce them. We asked Rear Admiral Penny Slade-Sawyer from the Office...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2010 4:11 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, Healthy People

Sharing our Pride and Commitment in the LGBT Community

By Josie Halpern-Finnerty, AIDS.gov Project Coordinator, and Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director As ***, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month (June) approaches, we want to honor the LGBT community's role in the response to HIV and share our...

Published Wed, May 26 2010 3:06 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, LGBTQ Health

The Role of Public Private Partnerships in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Post by James Albino Senior Program Manager in the Office of National AIDS Policy (Cross-posted from the Office of National AIDS Policy Blog) Today, the White Office of National HIV/AIDS Policy (ONAP) engaged the business community, private foundations...

Published Thu, May 13 2010 2:48 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Keeping it Real: Understanding the Changing Landscape of HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Communication

Earlier this month we presented at a symposium of the HIV/AIDS Network Coordination Project's (HANC) Communications Working Group. We asked Amy Ragsdale, HANC Special Projects Coordinator to tell us a little more about the Working Group and how they...

Published Fri, May 21 2010 12:05 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: NIAID, Strategy/Planning

New Media and the 2010 National Gay Men's Health Summit

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director Later this month, the 2010 National Gay Men’s Health Summit (GMHS 2010) will take place August 25-30 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. According to the recently released National HIV/AIDS Strategy, “Gay and bisexual men have...

Published Tue, Aug 03 2010 12:18 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, New Media, Blogs, LGBTQ Health

International AIDS Conference Day 3: Dr. Koh speaks on HIV Travel Restrictions

by Howard K. Koh, M.D., M.P.H, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services James Chau, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, and Dr. Howard Koh, MD, MPH Today, I participated in a dialogue about nations lifting HIV-related travel...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 11:46 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, Policy, Travel

PEPFAR Participation in the International AIDS Conference

By Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (Cross-posted from the State Department Blog, originally posted on July 16, 2010) From July 18 to 23, I will lead the U.S. Government delegation to the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna...

Published Mon, Jul 19 2010 7:43 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, PEPFAR, Ambassador Eric Goosby

Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Services for Injection Drug Users

By R. Gil Kerlikowske and Jeffrey S. Crowley (Cross-posted from the ONDCP Of Substance Blog and ONAP Blog, originally posted on July 16, 2010) We have known from the very beginning of the HIV epidemic that sharing needles and other... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 19 2010 11:12 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, Injection Drug Use

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci's Statement on the CAPRISA 004 Microbicide Study

Dr. Anthony Fauci On July 19, 2010, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, released a statement to acknowledge the results from the CAPRISA 004 Microbicide Study. To read...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 2:18 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, NIH, HIV/AIDS Research

"FACING AIDS together, with YOU": Communities Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day

By The AIDS.gov Team www.flickr.com This is a Flickr badge showing public items from the Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day 2010 group pool. Make your own badge here. Last week for World AIDS Day (December 1) we were honored... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 07 2010 12:38 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Photo/Video Sharing

Focusing HIV Prevention Efforts on Gay and Bisexual Men

By Brian Bond, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement (Cross-posted from the Office of National AIDS Policy Blog) Today is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. For me, every day is an “awareness day” about HIV/AIDS.... Read...

Published Mon, Sep 27 2010 7:26 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Awareness Days

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