Women Inspiration Development Center (WIDC) is planning to establish “Vocational and Violence Free Girls” (VVIFREG) in Nigerian Secondary Schools to mark 2013 International Women Day. The rise in domestic and sexual violence cases in Nigeria has laid open the practice of discrimination against female gender as a tradition. Women and girls are vulnerable to violence, discrimination and silence as a result of strong patriarchal traditions, lack of confidence, poor knowledge and … [Read more...]
PEW ONLINE HEALTH 2013 REPORT
January 17, 2013 by
Earlier this week, the Pew Internet & American Life Project released their 2013 Health Report which provides us with information about how people are going online to access health information. Pew found that one in three American adults have gone online to learn more about a medical condition. Shanwlus N. Wonzer-Nesbit from Texas Women’s University Here are some highlights from the Pew report: Eight in ten online health inquiries start at a search engine (such as … [Read more...]
Aids.gov, 5 YEARS, 900 BLOG POSTS, 1 MILLION PAGE VIEWS
January 9, 2013 by
5 YEARS, 900 BLOG POSTS, 1 MILLION PAGE VIEWS Five years ago today, we launched this blog with the intent of reaching audiences with information on how to use new media. In 2009, we extended our content to include Federal policies and resources. Today our blog continues to address these topics and more. While we have seen many new online communication platforms emerge over the past five years, we feel that blogs are still relevant, as they continue to help us reach our audiences. Our … [Read more...]
Flu season is upon us, time for HIV/AIDS community to prepare, Dr. Anne Schuchat
December 26, 2012 by
Flu season is upon us; so, it’s time for everyone in the HIV/AIDS community to prepare. We all know that that the flu can make anyone sick. But did you know that people with long-term health conditions—including HIV/AIDS as well as asthma, diabetes (type 1 and 2), and heart disease—are at greater risk for serious complications from the flu? Studies have shown an increased risk for heart and lung-related hospitalizations in people infected with HIV during influenza season and a higher risk of … [Read more...]
Women out loud: How women living with HIV will help the world end AIDS
December 12, 2012 by
In a new report, entitled Women out loud, UNAIDS explores the impact of HIV on women and the instrumental role women living with the virus are playing to end AIDS. It includes the latest data and commentary from some of the leading advocates on women and HIV. The report includes the voices of some 30 women living with HIV who have given their personal insights into how the epidemic is affecting women and on how women are actively working to reduce the spread and impact of AIDS. HIV is … [Read more...]
AN AIDS-FREE GENERATION
December 7, 2012 by
Despite great strides in treating HIV, and despite effective prevention strategies that have reduced its spread among many populations, about 50,000 new cases of HIV are still diagnosed each year. December 1, World AIDS Day, is a good time to remember not only how far we have come since HIV first appeared three decades ago, but also the obstacles that still stand in the way of creating the “AIDS-free generation” that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has called on the world community to … [Read more...]
DRC: Surge in sexual violence in North Kivu* – Take Action!
December 7, 2012 by
MINOVA, 7 December 2012 (IRIN) - Sexual violence is on the rise as armed groups continue to move across the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) North Kivu Province, officials say. Since mid-November, the provincial capital, Goma, has been a site of battle, with rebel group M23 taking control of the city on 20 November. Following negotiations with neighbouring countries, M23 relinquished control of the city on 1 December, and the Congolese national army, FARDC, is back in charge. … [Read more...]
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on World AIDS Day
December 1, 2012 by
Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on World AIDS Day On December 1, World AIDS Day, we remember those we have lost, but also celebrate the remarkable progress made in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. When the first World AIDS Day was observed in 1988, we could not imagine the end of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. For those diagnosed with HIV infection, the future was bleak. This year, the picture is very different. Scientific advances in understanding HIV, and an increasing number … [Read more...]
