• May 19th is National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day May 19th is National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day As we celebrate Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Heritage Month and the many accomplishments of AAPIs, we also want to recognize that these communities still face many barriers to health and health care, including HIV/AIDS. To recognize these challenges, May 19thhas[…]
  
  Created on: 17 May 2013 | 3:28 pm
  
  17 May 2013 | 3:28 pm
• HIV Vaccine Awareness Day Bulletin HIV Vaccine Awareness Day Bulletin Editor's Note: This is a cross post from the aids.gov blog. You can find the original post here. The implementation of scientifically proven HIV prevention strategies is helping to reduce the number of new infections — the annual HIV infection[…]
  
  Created on: 17 May 2013 | 3:22 pm
  
  17 May 2013 | 3:22 pm
• May 18th HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD): A Conversation with Dr. Carl Dieffenbach May 18th HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD): A Conversation with Dr. Carl Dieffenbach Editor's Note: This is a cross post from the aids.gov blog. You can find the original post here. May 18th is HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD), led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of[…]
  
  Created on: 17 May 2013 | 12:05 pm
  
  17 May 2013 | 12:05 pm
• Eliminating Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis B: More Than Just a Test Eliminating Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis B: More Than Just a Test May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about viral hepatitis and to highlight opportunities to address this ‘silent epidemic’.
  
  Created on: 9 May 2013 | 9:00 am
  
  9 May 2013 | 9:00 am
• White House to Host Baltimore Meeting White House to Host Baltimore Meeting By Miguel Gomez, Director, AIDS.gov, and Senior Communications Advisor, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesAs we posted last week, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) has been hosting a[…]
  
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  23 Apr 2013 | 6:00 am
• Minority Health Determines the Health of the Nation Minority Health Determines the Health of the Nation April is National Minority Health Month, and one of the most important health issues for minorities that we can highlight for this month is HIV.
  
  Created on: 22 Apr 2013 | 9:00 am
  
  22 Apr 2013 | 9:00 am
• White House To Host a Meeting on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and the Affordable Care Act in Baltimore White House To Host a Meeting on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and the Affordable Care Act in Baltimore By AIDS.govOn Monday, April 29, 2013, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) will host the fourth in a series of regional meetings on the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). That meeting will take place in[…]
  
  Created on: 18 Apr 2013 | 7:03 am
  
  18 Apr 2013 | 7:03 am
• Courage, Strength, Resilience: Women Fight AIDS Courage, Strength, Resilience: Women Fight AIDS On Monday, I attended the launch of EMPOWERED, Alicia Keys’ new campaign with Greater than AIDS to reach and inform women about HIV/AIDS, at an event hosted by the Kaiser Family Foundation. This is the second event that Alicia Keys and[…]
  
  Created on: 18 Apr 2013 | 6:57 am
  
  18 Apr 2013 | 6:57 am
• FY 2014 Budget reflects the Administration’s Commitment to Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy FY 2014 Budget reflects the Administration’s Commitment to Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Last week, the President sent Congress his budget for fiscal year 2014. The 2014 Budget highlights this Administration’s ongoing commitment to implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The Budget also aligns with the President’s commitment to achieving the goals of the[…]
  
  Created on: 17 Apr 2013 | 2:30 pm
  
  17 Apr 2013 | 2:30 pm
• AIDS United Announces $1 Million Investment in Grants to Help HIV-Positive People Stay in Care AIDS United Announces $1 Million Investment in Grants to Help HIV-Positive People Stay in Care By Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, and Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesDr. Ronald Valdiserri AIDS United , a national organization dedicated to ending the AIDS[…]
  
  Created on: 17 Apr 2013 | 11:51 am
  
  17 Apr 2013 | 11:51 am
• National Youth HIV + AIDS Awareness Day National Youth HIV + AIDS Awareness Day Ed. Note: This is a cross post from AIDS.gov. You can find the original post here. At AIDS 2012, the international AIDS conference, youth advocates announced the inauguration of National Youth HIV + AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD) to be marked[…]
  
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  11 Apr 2013 | 12:52 pm
• HIV Prevention Resource Allocation Modeling Pilot (HIV RAMP) HIV Prevention Resource Allocation Modeling Pilot (HIV RAMP) By Oskian Kouzouian, ORISE Fellow, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesThe U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) calls on national, state and local programs to focus efforts in communities where HIV is concentrated[…]
  
  Created on: 10 Apr 2013 | 1:05 pm
  
  10 Apr 2013 | 1:05 pm
• CDC Expands Let’s Stop HIV Together Campaign™, Launches Spanish Version CDC Expands Let’s Stop HIV Together Campaign™, Launches Spanish Version By Nickolas DeLuca, Ph.D., Chief, Prevention Communication Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention This month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expanded the national HIV awareness and anti-stigma campaign, Let’s Stop HIV Together™,[…]
  
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  3 Apr 2013 | 11:25 am
• Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Across the United States Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Across the United States To discuss the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy ONAP is convening community discussions across the United States.
  
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  1 Apr 2013 | 9:00 am
• Enhanced HIV/AIDS Information on Benefits.gov Enhanced HIV/AIDS Information on Benefits.gov Federal agencies recently completed a review and update to the HIV/AIDS information available on Benefits.gov.
  
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  20 Mar 2013 | 9:00 am
• HHS Seeks Nominations to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS HHS Seeks Nominations to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS By AIDS.govThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) is seeking nominations of qualified individuals to be considered for appointment as members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). The PACHA[…]
  
  Created on: 14 Mar 2013 | 1:00 pm
  
  14 Mar 2013 | 1:00 pm
• Progress to Date: President’s Working Group on the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender-Related Health Disparities Progress to Date: President’s Working Group on the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender-Related Health Disparities Violence is common in the lives of women and girls living with, and at risk for, HIV/AIDS, and the Obama Administration is working to address these intersecting issues. In March 2012, the President  issued a Presidential Memorandum creating the “Intersection[…]
  
  Created on: 10 Mar 2013 | 10:00 am
  
  10 Mar 2013 | 10:00 am
• Prevention and Treatment of HIV Infection in Infants Born to Infected Mothers: Need for a Fresh Look Prevention and Treatment of HIV Infection in Infants Born to Infected Mothers: Need for a Fresh Look On Monday, March 4, 2013, at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Atlanta, Dr. Deborah Persaud of the Johns Hopkins University presented an intriguing case study of a child who by all measures seems to be cured[…]
  
  Created on: 8 Mar 2013 | 11:43 am
  
  8 Mar 2013 | 11:43 am
• The Role of Science in Helping Achieve the Vision of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy The Role of Science in Helping Achieve the Vision of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Ed. note: This is cross-posted from blog.aids.gov While at the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) this week, I was pleased to sit down with Dr. Grant Colfax, Director of the White House Office of National HIV/AIDS Policy.[…]
  
  Created on: 6 Mar 2013 | 7:45 am
  
  6 Mar 2013 | 7:45 am
• In Memoriam: C. Everett Koop In Memoriam: C. Everett Koop The public health world, especially those of us who work in the HIV/AIDS arena, mourn the passing of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop.
  
  Created on: 27 Feb 2013 | 8:00 am
  
  27 Feb 2013 | 8:00 am

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