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...]
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...]
AIDS/HIV, Dr. Jeffrey Levi from Trust for America’s Health
September 6, 2011 by
In the third installment of our six-week video series, Trust for America’s Health Executive Director Dr. Jeffrey Levi discusses 30 years of AIDS in the United States. Dr. Levi became involved in the early days of HIV as a gay rights and civil rights activist. Now on the faculty at George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services , Dr. Levi describes the challenge of relaying the history of HIV to his students: “I think it’s hard to … [Read more...]
Ms. Dázon Dixon Diallo, SisterLove on Women, Progress, the Road Ahead
August 30, 2011 by
In the second of our six-week video series, SisterLove founder Dázon Dixon Diallo, MPH, discusses 30 years of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. In this video, Ms. Dixon Diallo talks about starting SisterLove, a reproductive justice organization for women, with a focus on HIV/AIDS, in 1989 and how she found herself, “at the right place, at the right time and facing the opportunity to make the right decision to be involved.” Ms. Dixon Diallo asks all of us in the HIV community to, “stay focused, … [Read more...]
HIV/AIDS, Federal Voices Addressing with New Media
August 24, 2011 by
At AIDS.gov we manage and receive guidance from the Federal HIV/AIDS Web Council (FHAWC). Its members are the federal agencies that address HIV testing, care and treatment, research and policy issues. During my internship with AIDS.gov this summer, I took a look at how the agencies of the Council are drawing on new media platforms to extend the reach of federal HIV/AIDS information. Federal Programs Active on New Media Platforms My review revealed an exciting level of federal … [Read more...]
Jennie Anderson, AIDS.gov ~ 30 Years of AIDS Video, NIH’s Dr. Anthony Fauci
August 23, 2011 by
This has been a big year for the HIV community. One key event was June 5 — which marked 30 years since the first reported cases of AIDS in the United States. As one of the many efforts to recognize this important milestone, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) developed a series of videos featuring interviews with various federal and community HIV leaders. Highlights from each of the videos were used to create a compilation video, 30 Years of HIV in the US, which premiered at … [Read more...]
NHAS Celebrates Progress at One-Year Anniversary!
July 28, 2011 by
National HIV/AIDS Strategy Celebrates One-Year Anniversary! On the eve of the first anniversary of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), representatives of the six federal agencies tasked by the President with lead responsibility for implementing NHAS gathered for one of our regular meetings and shared updates on implementation progress. Chairing the meeting, the Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Howard Koh, praised the participants for the progress being made within and across … [Read more...]
