CLICK HERE: Doing More With Less AIDS.gov has developed the most advanced tool yet for people to search for HIV testing locations near their ZIP codes—including a dynamic map and links to other health services. Combining data from CDC, HUD, SAMHSA, and HRSA, competencies from throughout the government and the power of the internet, the new locator is a potential game-changer. www.aids.gov … [Read more...]
NIAID: Daily Dose of HIV Drug Reduces Risk of HIV Infection
November 23, 2010 by
A Celebration of Women addresses this message to the Women of our World, as knowledge to assist family members that may need this information....please pass this along to anyone that you know who could use this page. WE all must Take Action against AIDS... Daily Dose of HIV Drug Reduces Risk of HIV Infection NIH’s NIAID-sponsored Study Finds Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Concept Effective Among Men who Have Sex with Men A daily dose of an oral antiretroviral drug, currently … [Read more...]
SAMHSA is Facing World AIDS Day
November 22, 2010 by
Brian Campbell, SAMHSA An estimated 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV and one out of five individuals doesn't know they are infected. [1] World AIDS Day is observed annually on December 1 to raise awareness about HIV, commemorate those who have passed on, and celebrate victories such as increased access to treatment and prevention services [2] and the first ever National AIDS Strategy (PDF, 1.2 MB) in the United States. Why is World AIDS Day relevant to SAMHSA's mission? The answer is … [Read more...]
Women – The Fenty Administration has launched the "Rubber Revolution DC"
November 19, 2010 by
CLICK HERE: The District Starts a "Rubber Revolution" to Increase Condom Use Washington, DC - The Fenty Administration has launched the "Rubber Revolution DC", a new campaign to promote condom use. The campaign will feature a new web site, text messaging, ads on radio, newspapers, Metro and the Internet, as well as offer educational materials. Questions about this service? [email protected] Other inquiries? Contact HHS … [Read more...]
Women – The Fenty Administration has launched the “Rubber Revolution DC”
November 19, 2010 by
CLICK HERE: The District Starts a "Rubber Revolution" to Increase Condom Use Washington, DC - The Fenty Administration has launched the "Rubber Revolution DC", a new campaign to promote condom use. The campaign will feature a new web site, text messaging, ads on radio, newspapers, Metro and the Internet, as well as offer educational materials. Questions about this service? [email protected] Other inquiries? Contact HHS … [Read more...]
HHS.gov – Medicare Finalizes New Rules to Require Equal Visitation Rights for all Hospital Patients
November 19, 2010 by
By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director Earlier this week, the U.S. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) finalized a new rule which requires hospitals to let patients decide who can visit them. This new rule will “empower patients to designate their own visitors, including a same-sex domestic partner”. This is an important change for the HIV community. To learn more about this new rule read this press statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. … [Read more...]
The Courtney Project – Bill Bates Takes Action!
November 19, 2010 by
A Celebration of Women is elated to share that our WOMAN of ACTION - Courtney Leigh Hewitt, is going strong. Her life grows still, more and more each day... and we are sure her spirit, wanting to help other women, is Taking Action! This day, we celebrate Bill Bates, a gentleman, retired Marine, of great honors himself, having devoted his life to others, now takes the time to honor Courtney's Life by helping her Father Todd Hewitt, with his Taking Action! Please listen to Bill, as he … [Read more...]
PACHA Advises on HHS National HIV/AIDS Strategy Operational Plan
November 17, 2010 by
Robert Greenwald (bottom right) and other distinguished members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) meet at the White House. The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) shared observations and feedback on a preliminary, confidential draft of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) Operational Plan during a members-only conference call on November 9, 2010. My colleague Christopher Bates, PACHA’s Executive Director, and … [Read more...]
AIDS.gov – Michelle Samplin-Salgado : Lessons for the mHealth Summit (+ Podcast)
November 17, 2010 by
Lessons for the mHealth HIV Community At last week's mHealth Summit, we had the opportunity to connect with many of our Federal and community partners about how to leverage the mobile web to improve health outcomes. Lessons for the mHealth HIV Community By Jeremy Vanderlan, Lead Programmer, and Michelle Samplin-Salgado, New Media Strategist, AIDS.gov Gwynne Kostin, GSA At last week’s mHealth Summit , we had the opportunity to connect with many of our Federal and community partners … [Read more...]
SPEAK YOUR MIND – '36,000 African women deaths annually' – Take Action!
November 13, 2010 by
Thoko Ruzvidzo is from the UN's Economic Commission for Africa. Her focus at the centre for Gender and Social Development is to push for legalisation. "36,000 African women die annually from unsafe abortions" Mother holding her child It's thought an estimated 36,000 women die annually from unsafe abortions in Africa. Many of them are young girls who have unwanted pregnancies and who are forced to have operations illegally....so-called back-street abortions. Abortion is, in most … [Read more...]
SPEAK YOUR MIND – ‘36,000 African women deaths annually’ – Take Action!
November 13, 2010 by
Thoko Ruzvidzo is from the UN's Economic Commission for Africa. Her focus at the centre for Gender and Social Development is to push for legalisation. "36,000 African women die annually from unsafe abortions" Mother holding her child It's thought an estimated 36,000 women die annually from unsafe abortions in Africa. Many of them are young girls who have unwanted pregnancies and who are forced to have operations illegally....so-called back-street abortions. Abortion is, in most … [Read more...]
AIDS.gov – Tobacco Control and HIV
November 12, 2010 by
Dr.Koh speaking to the press after the release of the Tobacco Strategy Yesterday, Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health and Secretary Kathleen Sebelius , launched the first ever comprehensive tobacco control strategic action plan, Ending the Tobacco Epidemic: A Tobacco Control Strategic Action Plan (PDF) that outlines specific, evidence-based actions that will help create a society free of tobacco-related death and disease. During a press conference at George Washington … [Read more...]
