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Using our National HIV/AIDS Strategy to Prevent HIV among Our Nation’s Youth

Summary: Ahead of National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Dr. Lansky recognizes the HIV disparities facing youth and actions to improve them. Last week, I attended the National Rx Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, which drew a crowd of nearly...

Published Fri, Apr 08 2016 12:32 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Youth, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, People Living With HIV, Injection Drug Use, HIV Policy & Programs

April 18: Inaugural National Transgender HIV Testing Day (NTHTD)

Transgender communities in the United States are among the groups at highest risk for HIV infection. Many of us in the transgender (trans) community have been dismayed by the continued impact of HIV and AIDS on our trans sisters and brothers. We have...

Published Mon, Apr 11 2016 10:27 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, LGBTQ Health, Testing, HIV Policy & Programs, Transgender

Learn: National CLAS Standards fundamentals (webinar)

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health recently hosted the first webinar in a series on the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care, also known as the National...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2016 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, Communities of Color, Web Conferences, Webinars

Report Concludes Elimination of Hepatitis B & C in U.S. Feasible

Yesterday the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released Eliminating the Public Health Problem of Hepatitis B and C in the United States: Phase One Report , which affirms that it would be possible to eliminate hepatitis in the U...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2016 9:33 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

New Federal Actions to Address HIV in the Transgender Community

Transgender communities in the United States are among the groups at highest risk for HIV infection. The National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) observes that, historically, our efforts focused on this population have been limited, but that the federal government...

Published Wed, Apr 13 2016 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: National HIV/AIDS Strategy, CDC, HRSA, HIV Policy & Programs, SMAIF, OHAIDP, transgender people, ONAP

HIV/AIDS Bureau Seeks User Input on Web Site Redesign

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) invites you to take a 10-15 minute online survey that will help the Bureau understand how best to organize and improve the HAB website and make it more useful for its users. This...

Published Wed, Apr 13 2016 2:47 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, Web/Tech, Ryan White Program, HRSA

Acting HHS Assistant Secretary for Health: Statement on National Minority Health Month

Contact: OASH Press Office 202-205-0143 ashmedia@hhs.gov This April, as a nation we commemorate National Minority Health Month with a focus on how we are working to accelerate health equity for the nation. During National Minority Health Month 2016, we...

Published Thu, Apr 14 2016 9:13 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Communities of Color, Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs, health disparities

IHS Holds Teleconference Call to Address LGBT2S Health Issues

WHAT: The Indian Health Service will hold a public teleconference call to seek broad input on efforts to advance and promote the health needs of the American Indian and Alaska Native ***, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Two-Spirit communities. This is...

Published Thu, Apr 14 2016 12:53 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: LGBTQ Health, HIV Policy & Programs

2016 National Ryan White Conference Deadlines Approaching

The April 29 deadline for submitting abstracts for a workshop or poster at the 2016 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment is quickly approaching. The conference will take place August 23-26 in Washington, DC. Visit RyanWhite2016.org...

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

Filed under: Ryan White Program, HRSA, HIV Policy & Programs

Engaging Faith-Based Groups to Address Viral Hepatitis—Archived Webinar Materials Now Available!

Hepatitis B and C affect as many as 2.2 million and 5.3 million people, respectively, from all walks of life and across the United States. To be successful, our national response to viral hepatitis requires that all parts of society participate, including...

Published Fri, Apr 15 2016 10:43 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis, Viral Hep Action Plan

National Transgender HIV Testing Day – Chandi Moore CDC Blog & Twitter Chat Today at 3:00 PM (EST)

Editor’s Note: From CDC’s Doing It – an HIV testing and prevention campaign. It’s Our Time – The Transgender Community and HIV/AIDS By: Chandi Moore, Health Education Associate at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles On a recent episode of ‘I...

Published Mon, Apr 18 2016 10:57 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Communities of Color, LGBTQ Health, People Living With HIV, CDC, HIV Policy & Programs, Women and Girls, Transgender

Why We Launched A Snapchat Account and How We’ll Measure Success

Yesterday, we shared our Snapchat account with the public. After weeks of testing the tool to iron out kinks and determine how we’d make content accessible, we were excited to go public when the official government-friendly terms of service were signed...

Published Tue, Apr 19 2016 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Strategy/Planning, New Media, Social Networks, Youth, Snapchat

The White House’s Amy Lansky Discusses What Drives Her Commitment to HIV Work

Last month, Dr. Amy Lansky assumed leadership of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, where she had been serving as a senior advisor for more than a year. She recently talked with us about how she came to work in HIV, what keeps her passionate...

Published Wed, Apr 20 2016 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

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

STD Awareness Month: CDC Encourages Everyone to Talk, Test, and Treat

A special note to the public from Dr. Gail Bolan, Director, Division of STD Prevention, CDC, this STD Awareness Month. April is STD Awareness Month, which gives us the opportunity to talk about sexual health in an inclusive way that speaks to individuals...

Published Wed, Apr 20 2016 8:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: CDC, HIV Policy & Programs, STDs

Listicle: Meet the 5 Men that are putting a “Positive Spin” on HIV

Thanks to advances in HIV treatment, people living with HIV who are diagnosed early, linked to care, prescribed antiretroviral therapy (ART), and stay adherent to their medication are able to live healthy lives and reduce the risk of spreading the virus...

Published Wed, Apr 20 2016 12:01 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, Communities of Color, LGBTQ Health, Youth, Video Sharing, People Living With HIV, HIV Continuum of Care, Black Gay & Bisexual Men

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