Remember to Use Your Mobile Phones Safely!
December 21, 2012 • 1 comment • 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 Services
As we move toward 2013, we at AIDS.gov will continue to encourage you to use mobile technology and new media to extend the reach of your HIV/AIDS efforts and to discuss how the U.S. government’s Digital Strategy is making a difference in how people find health information, today and into the future. But, as many…
New Affordable Care Act Fact Sheet Available in Spanish
December 19, 2012 • 0 comments • By Miguel Gomez, Director, AIDS.gov, and Senior Communications Advisor, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
For updated information on the Affordable Care Act and people living with HIV, read this fact sheet in English (PDF) and Spanish (PDF) and blog post.
We Want to Hear from You
December 19, 2012 • 21 comments • By Grant Colfax, MD, Director, Office of National AIDS Policy
and Lynn Rosenthal, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women
Cross-posted from White House Office of National AIDS Policy Blog
Cross-posted from White House Office of National AIDS Policy Blog
As we commemorated World AIDS Day earlier this month, the importance of addressing the needs of women and girls as part of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy was clear. While we have made tremendous progress in learning how to prevent and treat HIV, including among women and girls, much work remains. Of the approximately 1.1 million people living…
CDC Releases Data on New Cases of HIV
December 19, 2012 • 1 comment • By Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH, Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data on HIV incidence in the United States from 2007 to 2010. There were an estimated 47,500 new HIV infections in 2010, and incidence remains relatively stable at about 50,000. Data from this report also show two noteworthy trends; first, between 2008 and 2010, new…
Recapping the mHealth Summit 2012
National and international experts in health care and mobile technology gathered in Washington, DC, December 3-5, 2012, for the mHealth Summit: Connecting the Mobile Health Ecosystem . AIDS.gov joined government, health, private sector, industry, academic, and nonprofit leaders to learn and share about how wireless technology is being used to improve health outcomes in the…
States Moving Forward to Implement the Health Care Law
December 17, 2012 • 0 comments • By Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Cross-posted from Healthcare.gov HealthCare Blog
Cross-posted from Healthcare.gov HealthCare Blog
Starting in 2014, consumers and small businesses in every state will have access to quality, affordable health insurance – known as qualified health plans – offered through an Exchange – a marketplace where consumers can choose a private health insurance plan that fits their health needs. The marketplace will provide consumers and small businesses one…
Strengthening Global Health By Elevating Diplomacy
December 15, 2012 • 0 comments • By Eric Goosby, Ambassador, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
Cross-posted from DipNote U.S. Department of State Official Blog
Cross-posted from DipNote U.S. Department of State Official Blog
I was honored to be asked by Secretary Clinton to lead the new Office of Global Health Diplomacy. I am proud to serve my country in this capacity while also remaining the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. I am equally delighted that a skilled and seasoned diplomat like Ambassador Leslie Rowe has agreed to join me in…
