Celebrating the FIRST INTERNATIONAL 'World Hepatitis Day' , this 2011, July 28th. Today, I was honored to participate in a special White House event to commemorate the first official World Hepatitis Day. This event was one of many held across the United States and around the world for communities to join together and focus attention on the global health threat of viral hepatitis and promote actions to confront it. Worldwide, one in twelve persons are estimated to be living with … [Read more...]
World Hepatitis Day 2011 – Whitehouse commemorates first Official Day!
July 28, 2011 by admin
Filed Under: AIDS - H.I.V., Government Speaks to our Women, SPECIAL DAYS TO REMEMBER Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, A Celebration of Women Foundation Inc., celebrates the day!, hepatitis, illness, Rare Diseases, rarediseases.org, Take Action, viral diseases, virus, White House, Whitehouse, WOMEN of ACTION™, women taking action, women., World Hepatitis Day 2011
The President's FY2012 Budget Proposal
June 30, 2011 by admin
Proposed National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation Fund Because the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) is a priority endeavor for the U.S. government, when the President released his Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) budget proposal in February of this year, he proposed a special fund to support the implementation of the Strategy. If approved, the FY12 Budget Proposal authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transfer one percent of the department’s domestic … [Read more...]
HIV+ Nepalese women suffer “layers of discrimination”
June 15, 2011 by admin
In the AIDS epidemic in Nepal, the most-at-risk populations are female sex workers, injecting drug users, migrants and men who have sex with men. In 1988, Nepal launched the first National AIDS Prevention and Control Programme. This programme, known as the Short-Term Plan for AIDS Prevention and Control, formed the basis for the First Medium Term Plan 1990-92. This programme was externally reviewed in December 1992 and on the basis of the recommendations made during the review, the Second … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AIDS - H.I.V., FEATURED Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, AIDS, discrimination, HIV and AIDS in Nepal, HIV+ Nepalese women, MDG's, National Action Plan 2008-2011, National AIDS Prevention, Nepalese women, Rare Diseases, suffer “layers of discrimination”, Take Action, UNGASS, viral diseases, women taking action
HRSA Guide for HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
June 11, 2011 by admin
HRSA Guide for HIV/AIDS Clinical Care Thanks to advances in detection and treatment, more people are living longer with HIV – but with increased life expectancy comes more complex care. In light of rapidly changing conditions in HIV care, HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has developed the Guide for HIV/AIDS Clinical Care, a comprehensive roadmap for physicians, nurse-practitioners, dentists, and other clinicians on how best to manage the long-term care of patients. The newly-released volume … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AIDS - H.I.V. Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, AIDS, disease, HIV, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Bureau, HRSA, HRSA Guide for HIV/AIDS Clinical Care, Laura Cheever, M.D., M.S., Rare Diseases, Take Action, viral diseases, virus, women taking action, women.
Courtney’s Story – The New ABC’s of Life…
March 26, 2011 by admin
The NEW A B C's of LIFE!! ... our world's brand new alphabet As most of you know by now, "Courtney's Story", has grown and has now become a Global Phenomenon raising awareness around the World of PML. You are probably thinking to yourself that PML are just three of the twenty six letters that make up our alphabet. True, they are just that! However, in today's society and in the world in which we all live. The alphabet we have all been raised on and learned even before … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Courtney's Story, FEATURED Tagged With: AIDS, alzheimers, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, Courtney's Story, daughters, diabetes, Fathers, global awareness, HIV, PML., Reginald Todd Hewitt, The New ABC's of Life..., viral diseases, WOMEN of ACTION™, women with HIV, Women's Health, women.
Courtney's Story – The New ABC's of Life…
March 26, 2011 by admin
The NEW A B C's of LIFE!! ... our world's brand new alphabet As most of you know by now, "Courtney's Story", has grown and has now become a Global Phenomenon raising awareness around the World of PML. You are probably thinking to yourself that PML are just three of the twenty six letters that make up our alphabet. True, they are just that! However, in today's society and in the world in which we all live. The alphabet we have all been raised on and learned even before … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Courtney's Story, FEATURED Tagged With: AIDS, alzheimers, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, Courtney's Story, daughters, diabetes, Fathers, global awareness, HIV, PML., Reginald Todd Hewitt, The New ABC's of Life..., viral diseases, WOMEN of ACTION™, women with HIV, Women's Health, women.
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – February 7, 2011
February 7, 2011 by admin
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day to reflect on the lives touched by and lost to HIV/AIDS. In the United States, HIV continues to take its toll on African Americans, who have the highest rates of HIV infection of all races. Blacks make up just 14 percent of the U.S. population, yet account for almost half of those living and dying with HIV and AIDS in this country. There are many complex social and environmental factors that … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, AIDS - H.I.V., ASIA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FEATURED EVENTS, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, WORLD ISSUES Tagged With: 2011, African Americans, AIDS, CDC, disease, gay, HIV, homophobia, homosexual, Kevin Fenton, lesbian, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, poverty, president Obama, STD, STIGMA, U.S. epidemic, viral diseases, virus
