U.S. Conference on AIDS – Highlights of Day 2 This is the second in our series of daily highlights from USCA 2011. The National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) was featured prominently again in several sessions. Game Changers – Redefining HIV Yesterday’s inspiring and thought provoking plenary session challenged the more than 2,500 participants to contemplate how advances in HIV are redefining their roles. The session opened with a dramatic presentation of the … [Read more...]
U.S. Conference on AIDS – Highlights of Day 1
November 12, 2011 by
The 15th annual U.S. Conference on AIDS got underway yesterday in Chicago. Over the next four days we’ll be sharing brief daily highlights from the conference focusing particularly on issues related to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). Our first post is longer than usual, but with two plenary sessions and numerous day-long sessions, much transpired on this first day of the conference to share with our readers. More than 2,500 participants are gathered for the conference representing all … [Read more...]
Facing AIDS 2011. Write. Snap. Share.
November 5, 2011 by
Facing AIDS 2011 ... 'Write. Snap. Share.' Write. Snap. Share. That's how easy it is to participate in AIDS.gov's Facing AIDS 2011 for World AIDS Day (December 1) photo initiative. By putting a face and a voice to AIDS, you can help promote HIV testing (find an HIV testing site near you) and decrease stigma around HIV. PODCAST Secretary Clinton Speech on HIV/AIDS On Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 11:00 AM the Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will present "A vision … [Read more...]
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
October 26, 2011 by
“Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds and Bodies.” Aisha Moore, AIDS.gov Communications Director About one month ago, I joined the AIDS.gov team as the Communications Director. Next week, I will be attending the 139th American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Exposition on behalf of AIDS.gov. Over 12,000 researchers, academicians, students, and advocates will descend on the Washington, DC Convention Center from October 29 – November 2, 2011. The … [Read more...]
The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) in Washington DC.
October 20, 2011 by
The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) meets on September 29, 2011 in Washington DC. The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) convened for a meeting on September 29 and 30, 2011, in Washington, DC. The Council heard from both members of PACHA subcommittees and external presenters. Highlights of some of those sessions include: White House Update Mr. Jeffrey Crowley, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP), opened the meeting with a brief … [Read more...]
SAMHSA awards approximately $1.3 million to help communities
October 18, 2011 by
SAMHSA awards approximately $1.3 million to help communities offer expanded HIV testing, counseling, and referral for care The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing that it is awarding approximately $1.3 million in one year federal grants, funded through the Department of Health and Human Services Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) Secretariat Emergency Fund, to expand the capacity of current SAMHSA MAI grantees to provide rapid … [Read more...]
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) to Redouble Our Efforts
October 15, 2011 by
By James Albino and Miguel Gomez According to CDC estimates , 9,400 Latinos in the United States were newly infected with HIV in 2009. Latinos make up 16% of the U.S. population, but approximately 20% of new infections. Sixty-four percent (or nearly two-thirds) of all HIV infections in the Latino community occur among gay and bisexual men. Among women, 1,700 heterosexual Latinas became infected in 2009, making them more than four times more likely to become infected with HIV than white … [Read more...]
Road to AIDS 2012 Town Hall Meetings Kick Off
October 13, 2011 by
Last month, the first Road to AIDS 2012 Town Hall meeting kicked off in San Francisco, California. This was the first of 15 meetings to be held across the country leading up to the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) (note: every Road to AIDS 2012 meeting is free and open to the public). AIDS 2012 is the largest gathering of people working in HIV and will take place July 22-27, 2012 in Washington, DC. This first town hall brought together diverse community members to … [Read more...]
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day ~ Kick-off on Capitol Hill !
October 11, 2011 by
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day ~ Kick-off on Capitol Hill ~ On Tuesday, September 20, I had the opportunity to speak at a briefing on Capitol Hill about National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). The briefing kicked off activities that will culminate in the annual observance of the AIDS Awareness Day on October 15. There was much discussion of data recently released by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention estimating that 20 percent of all new HIV infections in … [Read more...]
