It’s estimated that 96% of Facebook users never revisit fan pages1 once they hit the “like” button. We at AIDS.gov hope this changes with the new features of the Facebook timeline for Facebook Pages. Three months ago, Facebook announced that Facebook Page owners had a month to update their profiles to the new timeline format . Brands could enable the new timeline at anytime, and on March 30 brand pages were automatically converted to the timeline. Some of the Facebook timeline features … [Read more...]
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 9, 2012 by
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day MARCH 10, 2012 Dr. Nancy C. Lee By Nancy C. Lee, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health - Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Today, nearly 300,000 women are living with HIV in the United States. While men represent the majority of AIDS diagnoses, as well as new and existing HIV infections, the impact of HIV/AIDS on women has grown since the beginning of the epidemic. Compared with women of … [Read more...]
Viral Hepatitis in People With Substance Use Disorders
March 1, 2012 by
Addressing Viral Hepatitis in People With Substance Use Disorders March 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 Our colleagues at SAMHSA have just released a new Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP), Addressing Viral Hepatitis in People With Substance Use Disorders. This is an important and helpful step toward … [Read more...]
Black History Month: African Americans and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
February 22, 2012 by
African Americans and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy By Christopher Bates, M.P.A., Executive Director, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, and Senior Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Christopher Bates During this February’s observance of Black History Month, we have observed National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) and heard about efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis … [Read more...]
President’s FY 2013 Budget
February 15, 2012 by
President’s FY 2013 Budget Supports Implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy On Monday, President Obama sent his Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal to Congress. The budget proposal clearly demonstrates his determination to help the Nation achieve the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) and renews the President’s commitment to ending the AIDS pandemic. To address HIV/AIDS in the U.S., the 2013 Budget: Supports HIV/AIDS … [Read more...]
PACHA Meeting Focus on Women and Girls ~ February 28/29
February 9, 2012 by
February: PACHA Meeting 28th-29th, to Focus on Women and Girls Christopher Bates The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) will convene February 28 and 29 in Washington, DC. Among the many items on the agenda for the 45th meeting of the PACHA, two are of particular note: A conversation with Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius on a variety of issues, including the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS … [Read more...]
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day– February 7
February 6, 2012 by
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...]
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...]
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...]
