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Future Federal Directions in Mobile Technology and Health

By Jennie Anderson, AIDS.gov Communications Director, and Michele Clark, Managing Director Mobile health panel, L-R: Katelyn Sabochik, Audie Atienza, Gwynne Kostin, Susannah Fox. What is the role of mobile technology in Federal government health communication...

Published Tue, Jan 18 2011 12:59 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Strategy/Planning, New Media, Web/Tech, Text messaging/Mobile, Mobile Communication

New Media in Action at the 2012 National African American MSM Leadership Conference

More than 350 people attended the National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS and Other Health Disparities in New Orleans last week. The theme of the conference was “Forward Together – Engaging Our Future Leaders.” We hosted a social...

Published Tue, Jan 24 2012 4:46 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, New Media, Communities of Color, LGBTQ Health

mHealth Innovation and Developers Challenges

Mobile phones and devices are becoming increasingly integral to everything we do – banking, shopping, navigating, and learning have all gone mobile. With the rise of mobile tech, there is awesome opportunity to focus the attention of developers...

Published Mon, Feb 27 2012 7:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Mobile

Thanking Thousands, Thanking Hundreds

Editor’s note: As we approach World AIDS Day, we thank the thousands of individuals worldwide working on, before, and after each HIV/AIDS awareness observance day to help move us toward an AIDS-free generation. We encourage each of our readers to find...

Published Tue, Nov 26 2013 10:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: People Living With HIV, HIV Policy & Programs

The Black Treatment Advocates Network with Phill Wilson

The Black Treatment Advocates Network (BTAN) is a project of the Black AIDS Institute . The BTAN is an initiative is working to achieve the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy through educating individuals about the science of HIV, the biomedical...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2013 4:48 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs

HIV Activist Shares His Experiences with Facing AIDS Initiative

Editors Note: Bradford McIntyre, an HIV activist who runs the “Positively Positive: Living with HIV” website in Canada (www.PositivelyPositive.ca ) has participated in AIDS.gov’s #FacingAIDS initiative for four years. We asked him how he heard about the...

Published Wed, Dec 04 2013 3:38 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, People Living With HIV, Photo Sharing

Improving Email Open Rates

How can we get more of our subscribers to open the emails we send? This is a question that anyone who creates email campaigns for newsletters or other communications is always wondering. In the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP...

Published Tue, Aug 27 2013 12:22 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media

SAMHSA’s Healthy Lifestyles Project seeks to prevent the spread of hepatitis C

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and SAMHSA is joining CDC and others in urging two groups of people to get tested for hepatitis C (HCV): Those born between 1945 and 1965 (rates of infection in this group are five times higher than in other adults in...

Published Mon, Jun 03 2013 2:15 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: SAMHSA, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

Using Video to Share your Story: An Interview with KenLikeBarbie

We’ve previously featured Ken Williams’ videos on this blog. As an African American man living with HIV, Ken uses YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to share his story. As we approach National HIV Testing Day on June 27, we sat down with Ken (actually...

Published Tue, Jun 25 2013 1:36 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Social Networks, Video Sharing, People Living With HIV

USPSTF Releases Hepatitis C Screening Recommendations

The new Recommendation Statement on screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) this week represents a critical step toward achieving the prevention, care and treatment goals outlined in the federal...

Published Tue, Jun 25 2013 2:15 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

PEPFAR: Ten Years of Saving Millions of Lives

Ten years ago today, the United States Congress, in a remarkable display of compassion and bipartisanship, passed overwhelmingly legislation that established an historic and transforming global health program now known as PEPFAR — the President’s...

Published Mon, May 27 2013 5:04 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Global, PEPFAR Updates

New National Resource Center to Prevent HIV/AIDS among Adolescents

The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), with funding from the Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund, is pleased to announce a new resource center solely focused on the prevention of HIV/AIDS among adolescents. Launched on June 25, 2012, the center...

Published Fri, Jun 29 2012 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Communities of Color, Youth, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, HIV Policy & Programs

AIDS 2012 and “The State of New Media and HIV”

This year’s International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) will mark a historic time in the fight against HIV given that we have seen such improvements in treatment and prevention approaches nationally and globally over the past year. Also, given the location...

Published Tue, Jul 10 2012 3:03 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, AIDS 2012

Gearing up for Social Media at USCA

It’s been a month since AIDS 2012 and now it’s time for the 2012 United States Conference on AIDS . The annual conference planned by the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) takes place September 30 to October 4th, 2012. The conference marks the 25th...

Published Tue, Aug 28 2012 3:45 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, New Media

New Media – Twitter – Remember National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Today, many people in the HIV community and beyond will observe the fifth annual National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. In the midst of HIV testing events, conferences, and other events in local communities, it is appropriate to stop today and remember...

Published Thu, Sep 27 2012 1:53 PM by AIDS.gov blog

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

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