National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – February 7 February 6, 2012 (This message is also available on video.) On this National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we have greater opportunity than ever before to reverse the HIV epidemic in Black America and the nation as a whole. Today, we have a National HIV/AIDS Strategy that directs the nation to focus its prevention efforts on communities at greatest risk, including African-Americans – the racial group most severely … [Read more...]
Eliminate Pediatric AIDS by 2015 – Partnering With Business
February 3, 2012 by
Eliminate Pediatric AIDS by 2015 Last week, I was proud to participate in a significant moment in the global AIDS response. I stood with leaders of the private sector at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as they committed to join forces to reach an ambitious, yet achievable, goal — ending pediatric AIDS by 2015. The launch of two groundbreaking initiatives — the Business Leadership Council and the Social Media Syndicate — will marshal the power of the private sector, … [Read more...]
NHAS Goal, Strategy in Action: HIV Testing Innovations
February 2, 2012 by
Strategy in Action: ' HIV ' Testing Innovations Contribute to NHAS Goal February 1, 2012 By Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, and Director, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dr. Ronald Valdiserri With an estimated 20 percent of people living with HIV in the United States unaware of their status, strengthening our HIV testing efforts will be key to achieving the … [Read more...]
Aisha Moore, Communications Director, AIDS.gov
January 25, 2012 by
New Media in Action at the 2012 National African American MSM Leadership Conference January 2012 By Aisha Moore, Communications Director, AIDS.gov 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 media lab where we provided small group technical assistance on using new media … [Read more...]
South Asia show how Stigma and Discrimination can be Transformed
December 21, 2011 by
Stigma and discrimination are widely recognised as two of the major barriers to an effective and successful AIDS response. But how, with both often entrenched and hard to challenge, can they be meaningfully addressed? The World Bank and The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) focused on this central question during a satellite session at the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna entitled: Making the case for stigma-reduction and moving to action, the experience of South … [Read more...]
NAACP Hosts Summit on HIV Among African Americans
December 9, 2011 by
NAACP Hosts Summit on HIV Among African Americans Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA); Phill Wilson, CEO of the Black AIDS Institute; Jeffrey Crowley, Director, White House Office of National AIDS Policy; Frances Ashe-Goins, HHS Office on Women’s Health; and Greg Millett, CDC, address the NAACP summit. To raise greater awareness of the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS in the African American community and mobilize action by community members, the National Association for the … [Read more...]
World Aids Day – Whitehouse says ‘We Can Win this Fight’
December 3, 2011 by
December 2, 2011 We Can Win this Fight Thursday was World AIDS Day, which commemorates not only those who have been lost in the fight against AIDS but also the progress the world is making in confronting the global pandemic. President Obama took yesterday morning to speak at “The Beginning of the End of AIDS,” an event hosted by The ONE Campaign and (RED), where he outlined the progress the Administration has made in combatting the AIDS pandemic, and restated his commitment … [Read more...]
WORLD AIDS DAY 2011 – Celebrated globally.
December 1, 2011 by
World AIDS Day 2011 Leave a commentHIV Policy & ProgramsDecember 1, 2011 By Tracy Russo, New Media Strategist, Department of Justice (Cross-posted from The Justice Blog) On this World AIDS Day, the Department of Justice reconfirms its leadership role in combating discrimination against people with HIV and AIDS. We remain committed to realizing our mission under President Obama’s landmark National HIV/AIDS Strategy, to address the stigma and … [Read more...]
Viral Hepatitis Action Plan: Spotlight on Hepatitis B
November 19, 2011 by
Viral Hepatitis Action Plan: Spotlight on Hepatitis B Earlier this month, I blogged about some of the highlights of our recent efforts to implement Combating the Silent Epidemic of Viral Hepatitis: Action Plan for the Prevention, Care & Treatment of Viral Hepatitis (Action Plan). Today, I want to spotlight hepatitis B. Hepatitis B In the United States, an estimated 800,000–1.4 million persons are infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV). Hepatitis B is a … [Read more...]
Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H. – CDC ECHPP Plans Released
November 17, 2011 by
Earlier this year, AIDS.gov reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had launched a website for its Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning . (ECHPP) Initiative, which provided $11.6 million in FY2011 for enhanced planning and coordination activities in the 12 Metropolitan and Statistical Areas (MSA) accounting for an estimated 44% of U.S. AIDS cases in 2007. Today the CDC added to its listing of executive summaries by posting the … [Read more...]
AIDS.gov – Talking To Your Cell Phone
November 16, 2011 by
Co-authored by Michelle Samplin-Salgado, New Media Strategist, AIDS.gov A day after Apple announced the new 4S iPhone, they lost their leader and visionary, Steve Jobs. We joined many others in commemorating the loss of a man whose work and vision have impacted the HIV and public health community with technology, access and communication. He helped all of us re-imagine what technology could do and how it could change our lives. The new iPhone has been getting a lot of … [Read more...]
