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Go Social for World AIDS Day

Today, we at AIDS.gov share two timely social media opportunities for World AIDS Day 2016 (#WAD2016) . Thunderclap Thunderclap is an online crowd-speaking platform that helps people be heard by saying something together. If you subscribe to PEPFAR’s World...

Published Wed, Nov 30 2016 10:06 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, Awareness Days, Social Media, World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day 2016: VHA focuses on Veterans and HIV Prevention

World AIDS Day is Dec. 1. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) joins other Federal partners in efforts to increase HIV testing and treatment, as well as a call for prevention. This year’s theme is “Leadership. Commitment. Impact.” VA is the largest...

Published Thu, Dec 01 2016 1:45 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Awareness Days, HIV Policy & Programs, Department of Veterans Affairs, World AIDS Day, VA

NIH Image Gallery Now on Flickr

Editor’s Note: Our first new media blog in 2015 emphasized the value of “keeping it visual.” So for our last new media post for year, we share with you an image gallery from the National Institutes of Health that can help to enhance...

Published Tue, Dec 29 2015 7:50 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: NIH, New Media, Photo Sharing

ICYMI – HHS Seeks Info on Non-Federal Efforts to Address Viral Hepatitis in the U.S.

Last month, HHS published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking information on non-Federal activities that support the Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis. Non-federal stakeholders play a vital role in achieving our...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2016 11:32 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

NAESM 2016: #LIVEIT #BEIT #OWNIT

The National AIDS Education & Services for Minorities (NAESM) has served the HIV community for almost 25 years–and we wanted to highlight their conference, the National African American Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS and Other Disparities...

Published Thu, Jan 21 2016 1:54 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Conferences, New Media, Twitter

Seizing the Opportunity to “End the Scourge of HIV/AIDS

“Right now, we’re on track to end the scourge of HIV/AIDS. That’s within our grasp.”—President Barack Obama The power of those words really struck me when I heard President Obama say them in his final State of the Union address last week. I’ve wanted...

Published Fri, Jan 22 2016 8:45 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: NIH, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, CDC, Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs

Register Today for Webinar on Viral Hepatitis: Opportunities for Faith-based Groups

The HHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships (Partnership Center) and the Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP) are co-sponsoring a webinar before the open enrollment period for 2016 coverage from the Health Insurance...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2016 10:20 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

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

Setting a Path Towards HCV Elimination in the Cherokee Nation: Government, Academia, and Pharma Collaboration

An innovative, multi-party collaborative effort, Hepatitis C in Native Oklahoma: Optimizing Care and Setting a Path Towards Elimination of Disease and Disparity, launched recently to respond to high rates of hepatitis C in the Cherokee Nation (CN). The...

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

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

CROI 2016 Plenary Session on HIV in Transgender Populations (Video)

The 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston last month featured a first-ever plenary session on HIV in transgender populations by Dr. Tonia C. Poteat. I had the chance to visit with her following her presentation...

Published Thu, Mar 17 2016 10:17 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Research, LGBTQ Health, Treatment, prevention, CROI 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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