The annual U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA) opened yesterday, Sunday, September 8, 2013 in New Orleans. Organized by the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), the conference has drawn more than 1,700 stakeholders from all fronts of the HIV/AIDS epidemic—from case managers and physicians, to public health workers and advocates, people living with HIV/AIDS, and policymakers – for four days of information sharing. Among the highlights of the first day of the conference were two plenary … [Read more...]
AIDS.gov: Jennie Anderson is Looking Back on 2010…so to Plan for 2011
Which of our Blog Posts and Videos Do YOU View? Looking Back at 2010 As the AIDS.gov blog's fourth year begins, we at AIDS.gov are taking time to reflect on 2010 and look to the year ahead. As we continue to integrate monitoring and evaluation into our work, we thought that the New Year provided a nice benchmark to look more closely at our blog. For us, the blog is a space to bring together information from across the AIDS.gov project, whether it's examples of using social media tools … [Read more...]
WORLD AIDS Day – December 1, 2010
World AIDS Day December 1, 2010 Every year on December 1, we commemorate World AIDS Day to bring attention to the tremendous impact of the HIV epidemic in the United States and around the world. In observance of World AIDS Day, today CDC launched a special report, CDC Vital Signs on HIV Testing in the United States, in recognition of the pivotal role that HIV testing plays in our national HIV prevention strategy. Some highlights of the CDC Vital Signs report on HIV testing … [Read more...]