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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 Things You’d Say To Your Younger (Positive or not) Self

I was 19 years old when I was diagnosed and so I have been living (and thriving) with HIV for two years. I’m a Greater Than AIDS Ambassador, a NMAC Youth Scholar, and now a blogger for AIDS.gov. Since I’m young and this Sunday is National Youth HIV/AIDS...

Published Fri, Apr 08 2016 11:42 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Communities of Color, LGBTQ Health, People Living With HIV, Women and Girls, Black Gay & Bisexual Men

Understanding the Magnitude of the Viral Hepatitis Epidemics in the United States

In March I had the honor of meeting with an inspirational group of advocates, leaders and researchers who had come to Washington to educate lawmakers about viral hepatitis and its impact on our nation. Their braveness and authenticity was moving. They...

Published Fri, Apr 08 2016 7:05 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

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

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

Saving Lives and Improving Health Care through Innovation in Organ Donations and Transplants

There are currently more than 120,000 people on the waiting list for an organ in the United States. Twenty-two people a day die waiting. But today, we’re taking one step forward to change that. In honor of National Donate Life Month, the President issued...

Published Thu, Apr 07 2016 9:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: People Living With HIV, Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs

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