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AIDS United Announces $1 Million Investment in Grants to Help HIV-Positive People Stay in Care

AIDS United , a national organization dedicated to ending the AIDS epidemic in the United States, recently announced $1 million in grants to seven organizations from diverse communities across the U.S. to help define and expand programs that help keep...

Published Wed, Apr 17 2013 11:51 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Strategy in Action, HIV Policy & Programs, Treatment

1, 2, 3: Video Upload

Video sharing remains a powerful tool for sharing health information. According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project , 71% of online Americans use video-sharing sites (such as YouTube and Vimeo). On YouTube alone, users upload more than 72...

Published Tue, Apr 16 2013 2:41 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Video Sharing

HRSA Webinars on Engaging Hard-to-Reach Populations

Beginning later this week, the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) will host a series of webinars focused on engaging hard-to-reach populations in HIV care. The webinars will synthesize some of the successful practices in engaging hard-to-reach populations from...

Published Tue, Apr 16 2013 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

CMS Announces Opportunity to Apply for Marketplace Navigator Grants

“Navigator” program will help consumers understand new coverage options as they enroll in new Marketplaces Editor’s Note: Yesterday, CMS released the Navigators Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) below. “Navigators” are individuals and entities that...

Published Thu, Apr 11 2013 11:28 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Affordable Care Act, CMS

HIV Prevention Resource Allocation Modeling Pilot (HIV RAMP)

The U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) calls on national, state and local programs to focus efforts in communities where HIV is concentrated and to target resources on tailored combinations of effective, evidence-based strategies. As jurisdictions...

Published Wed, Apr 10 2013 1:05 PM by AIDS.gov blog

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

National Youth HIV + AIDS Awareness Day

At AIDS 2012, the international AIDS conference, youth advocates announced the inauguration of National Youth HIV + AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD) to be marked on April 10, 2013. In establishing this observance, Advocates for Youth and the eleven other founding...

Published Wed, Apr 10 2013 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

SXSW 2013i: Digital Health and HIV

Every year, the digital world converges on Austin, Texas for the South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSWi), which features “five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology.” At AIDS.gov, we have welcomed this...

Published Tue, Apr 09 2013 4:34 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, New Media, Web/Tech, Mobile

New Media and National Youth HIV + AIDS Awareness Day

Tomorrow, April 10th, 2013, marks the first National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD) – a day to educate the public about the impact of HIV & AIDS on young people, as well as highlight the amazing work of young people in response to the...

Published Tue, Apr 09 2013 10:59 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Youth, Twitter

World Health Day: Meeting the Challenges That Affect Us All

As we recognize World Health Day today, we are reminded that disease knows no borders and that we share a common interest in global health concerns including seeing a generation without AIDS, ending preventable child deaths, and building and strengthening...

Published Sun, Apr 07 2013 2:07 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Global, PEPFAR Updates

CDC Expands Let’s Stop HIV Together Campaign™, Launches Spanish Version

This month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expanded the national HIV awareness and anti-stigma campaign, Let’s Stop HIV Together™, including the launch of a Spanish-language version of the campaign, Detengamos Juntos el VIH™. The...

Published Wed, Apr 03 2013 11:25 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

Happy Birthday Twitter

Twitter turned 7 years old on March 21, 2013. According to the Twitter blog , there are more than 200 million active Twitter users that create over 400 million Tweets per day. And a recent Pew Internet & American Life Project report on Twitter use...

Published Tue, Apr 02 2013 4:50 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Twitter

New Resource on How Health Reform Supports Viral Hepatitis Prevention, Care, and Treatment

The Affordable Care Act offers significant opportunities to advance efforts towards the goals set out in the Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) road map to increase...

Published Mon, Apr 01 2013 1:07 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Across the United States

Successful implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (the Strategy) requires ongoing collaboration among Federal, state, and local governments and key non-governmental stakeholders. As part of our ongoing efforts to support Strategy implementation...

Published Mon, Apr 01 2013 6:56 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

CDC Launches Hepatitis Testing Day Event Page

Preparations for the second annual observance of Hepatitis Testing Day on May 19th are underway and you can play a major role in making testing day a success. As called for in the Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis,...

Published Fri, Mar 29 2013 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on LGBT Health Awareness Week

Shortly after the Affordable Care Act was enacted, President Obama asked me to identify steps we could take at the Department of Health and Human Services to improve the health and well-being of ***, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans. As...

Published Thu, Mar 28 2013 11:50 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: LGBTQ Health, HIV Policy & Programs

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