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HHS Awards $3.5 Million to Expand HIV/AIDS Care Capacity for Minorities Grants to Support Goals of National HIV/AIDS Strategy

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director Earlier this month, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced two grants totaling more than $3.5 million to reach beyond the Ryan White Program – the federally funded program that provides care and treatment to about...

Published Fri, Oct 01 2010 11:40 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, People Living With HIV, HRSA

ONAP Commissions Institute of Medicine to Examine Data Gaps in Monitoring Access and Quality of HIV Care

By Jeffrey S. Crowley, M.P.H., Director and Gregorio Millett, M.P.H., Senior Policy Advisor, Office of National AIDS Policy (Cross-posted from the Office of National AIDS Policy Blog) This time last year, the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) announced...

Published Mon, Oct 04 2010 8:13 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, People Living With HIV, Affordable Care Act

Engaging LGBT Leadership in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

By Ron Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Gay and bisexual men have comprised the largest proportion of the HIV epidemic in the United States since the first...

Published Wed, Nov 24 2010 10:50 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, LGBTQ Health, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Today is Veterans Day

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director Today we thank our veterans for their service to the nation—and we recognize that the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) is the single largest provider of HIV care in the United States. The VA is... Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2010 9:22 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: National HIV/AIDS Strategy

The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS Policy on Bullying and Teen Suicide

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director We recently wrote a post about the very serious problem of bullying and teen suicide. Children or adolescents who are, or are perceived to be, ***, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) are at particular risk.... Read...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 10:57 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, LGBTQ Health

Commemorating National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

By James Albino, Senior Program Manager, Office of National AIDS Policy (Cross-posted from the Office of National AIDS Policy Blog) On this National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, October 15, 2010, the leadership of the Hispanic/Latino HIV/AIDS community...

Published Fri, Oct 15 2010 7:45 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Communities of Color, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Awareness Days

NIH-Funded Study Finds Daily Dose of Antiretroviral Drug Reduces Risk of HIV

By Jeffrey S. Crowley, Director, Office of National AIDS Policy (Cross-posted from the Office of National AIDS Policy Blog) Today, the New England Journal of Medicine published research findings from the iPrEx study funded by the National Institutes of...

Published Tue, Nov 23 2010 7:30 PM by AIDS.gov blog

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

National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Working Across Agency Lines

By Ron Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dr. Ron Valdiserri, HHS Across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies and offices are studying...

Published Tue, Oct 12 2010 1:03 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Remarks from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at the U.S. Conference on AIDS 2010

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director Today is the second day of the U.S. Conference on AIDS and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spoke at the lunch-time plenary session. In her speech, Secretary Sebelius talked about the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and HHS...

Published Mon, Sep 13 2010 6:39 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Youth, New Media, and HIV/AIDS: amfAR Congressional Briefing

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director Lynne Mofenson, NIH, Margarita Figueroa-Gonzalez, HRSA, & Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in a Congressional briefing sponsored by amfAR , HIV/AIDS and Youth: Moving Toward an...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 3:07 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Text messaging/Mobile, Youth

We Want to Hear Your Comments about the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

By Ron Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dr. Ron Valdiserri, HHS The Federal Implementation Plan for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) requires the Deputy...

Published Thu, Sep 02 2010 4:42 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Federal HIV/AIDS Funding Formulas Examined

By Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Last week, we convened the first in a series of ongoing discussions about the policies, formulas, and other factors...

Published Wed, Dec 08 2010 10:51 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Housing, Ryan White Program, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, CDC

Commemorating World AIDS Day

By Jeffrey S. Crowley, M.P.H., Director, Office of National AIDS Policy (Cross-posted from the Office of National AIDS Policy Blog) Today, Obama Administration officials and leaders in the AIDS community will speak at a World AIDS Day event at the......

Published Wed, Dec 01 2010 9:09 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Policy, PEPFAR, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Secretary Sebelius Asks HHS to Sustain NHAS Momentum

By Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius recently sent an important communication to the Department...

Published Fri, Feb 11 2011 9:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, 12 Cities Project

HHS @ SXSWi Part 1: Sound bites

By Read Holman, New Media Strategist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services (Cross-posted from the HHS Center for New Media Blog) I’m writing from Austin, Texas, the capital of the Lone Star... Read...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2011 12:07 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, New Media, Open Government, Text messaging/Mobile

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