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Connecting with Twitter influencers to build your community

How can you can gain access to a wider network and build your community on Twitter? By creating relationships with relevant people and organizations in the HIV/AIDS community that already have large Twitter followings! In doing so, not only do you increase...

Published Tue, Jan 03 2017 11:10 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, Social Networks, Twitter, Virtual Worlds, Social Media, Strategy & Planning

Southern Forum Addresses HIV among Gay and Bisexual Men of Color

HIV continues to take a heavy toll in the southern United States. Southern states represent 33 percent of the U.S. population, but accounted for an estimated 44 percent of people living with an HIV diagnosis and 50 percent of new HIV diagnoses in 2014...

Published Wed, Dec 28 2016 12:10 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Communities of Color, HIV Policy & Programs, Black Gay & Bisexual Men, SMAIF, African Americans, Gay & Bisexual Men

Digital Media Blogs: Best of 2016!

Editor’s Note: The AIDS.gov weekly digital media blog shares how we observe and use digital tools to amplify HIV messages. As we wrap up 2016, here are the five blogs that were most popular with you, our reader. Go Social for World AIDS Day Using...

Published Tue, Dec 27 2016 11:07 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, Social Media

AIDSinfo Adds Investigational Therapeutic HIV Vaccine Information to Website

“What is PRO-140?” “In what phase of study is injectable cabotegravir?” “How do latency-reversing agents work?” Answers to all of these questions can be found in the AIDSinfo Drug Database. The database is a federal resource that includes information...

Published Mon, Dec 26 2016 5:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: NIH, HIV Policy & Programs, Mobile, Treatment, Vaccine

With Gratitude and Thanks

Summary: ONAP reflects on our work and the end of the Obama Administration. As the Obama Administration comes to a close, I wanted to share a few reflections on the work of the Office of National AIDS Policy. I am tremendously proud of the progress we...

Published Wed, Dec 21 2016 1:47 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

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

250 Sites Participated In Listening Session With The Transgender Community

The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP) recently convened a community listening session to hear about the ways that the Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF) might help to further improve HIV prevention and care for...

Published Wed, Dec 21 2016 6:14 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Communities of Color, LGBTQ Health, HIV Policy & Programs, Women and Girls, Transgender, SMAIF, LGBT

Does the Twitterverse Know About Your Event?

Twitter is one of the ways you can share information about HIV awareness days like National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, health fairs and other special events. To help you plan for 2017, we’ve put together a checklist of ways to promote your upcoming...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2016 10:12 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Conferences, Strategy/Planning, New Media, Twitter, Social Media, Social Media Policies

HRSA Funds New Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection Initiative

Summary: HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has awarded a new initiative to improve hepatitis C virus (HCV) services among HIV/HCV coinfected people of color, funded under the FY 2016 Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund. HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has awarded a...

Published Mon, Dec 19 2016 1:20 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HRSA, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis, Treatment, Hepatitis C, SMAIF, PLWHA

Extended opportunity for Jan 1 coverage: Sign up by December 19

Because of extraordinary demand at HealthCare.gov and our Marketplace Call Center, we’re extending the deadline to sign up for January 1 coverage until 11:59 p.m. PST on December 19. Hundreds of thousands have already selected plans over the last few...

Published Fri, Dec 16 2016 8:38 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs, ACA

Back To The Future?

I’m always a bit of a basket case when World AIDS Day comes around each year. The day, which usually stretches into a week’s worth of events for me, stirs up a complex set of emotions in me. The memories of what it was like being diagnosed with HIV on...

Published Thu, Dec 15 2016 2:50 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Awareness Days, People Living With HIV, PrEP, HIV Policy & Programs, Treatment, prevention, World AIDS Day

Don’t miss the Dec 15 deadline for Jan 1 coverage!

Time is running out! You only have until December 15, 2016 to sign up for or update your current Marketplace health insurance plan, so it’ll take effect January 1, 2017. 3 reasons to sign up now Don’t miss a day of being covered. Enrolling by December...

Published Thu, Dec 15 2016 7:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs, ACA

New HIV Prevention Model Published

Starting before I came to HHS in January 2016, I had the pleasure of being a part of discussions about the development of an HIV prevention model that would complement the HIV care continuum. This work was initiated under the leadership of Tim Horn and...

Published Wed, Dec 14 2016 1:16 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: PrEP, HIV Policy & Programs, HIV Treatment Cascade, HIV care continuum

New Federal Actions Discussed at National PrEP Summit

Earlier this month at a national summit on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP, I had the opportunity to share some highlights of federal activities to support scaling up this important HIV prevention tool as well as my personal perspectives as a PrEP...

Published Wed, Dec 14 2016 12:26 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: PrEP, HIV Policy & Programs, NHAS, OHAIDP, ONAP

Are Chatbots the Next mHealth Frontier?

Editor’s Note: Chatbot Basics – A chatbot is a messaging tool designed to simulate a conversation or interaction. Chatbots rely on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to process information and respond to user...

Published Tue, Dec 13 2016 11:11 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, Web/Tech, Digital Government Strategy, Social Media, Digital Government, Technology

Join CDC’s Vital Signs Town Hall Teleconference!

Join the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the next Vital Signs Town Hall Teleconference! CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support hosts a monthly teleconference about the topic of the latest CDC Vital Signs report...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2016 1:46 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Injection Drug Use, CDC, HIV Policy & Programs, prevention, SSP, IDU

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