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[ 3 Dec 2012 | No Comment ]
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Written By: Angela Rampton
World HIV/AIDs Day was this past Saturday, December 1st
With the wonderful world of internet at our fingertips it isn’t hard to find ways to give support or even locate your own support and treatment.
Because support and treatment are so easy to find, sometimes we don’t take the initiative of that first step, or we may not even realize we need help. HIV/AIDS is a serious disease that obviously needs treatment, but we seem to forget to treat our mind with the same care and respect as we …

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[ 7 Sep 2012 | One Comment ]
Picture of Dr. Ronald Valdiserri

Cross-posted from blog.aids.gov
Written 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 Services 
September marks the 23rd annual observance of National Recovery Month (Recovery Month).  Our colleagues at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(SAMHSA) organize Recovery Month as an observance to educate Americans on the fact that addiction treatment and mental health services can enable people with a mental and/or substance use disorder to live healthy and rewarding lives. The main focus is to celebrate the gains made …

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[ 16 May 2012 | One Comment ]
SAMHSA Addressing Viral Hepatitis in People With Substance Use Disorders

Cross-posted from blog.aids.gov 
Written 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 Services; and John Ward, MD, Director, Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Every May, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and our public health partners across the nation observe Hepatitis Awareness Month. This year, we are very pleased to …

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[ 2 Mar 2012 | 2 Comments ]
SAMHSA Addressing Viral Hepatitis in People With Substance Use Disorders

Cross-posted from Aids.Gov

Written By: Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, and Director, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Our colleagues at SAMHSA have just released a new Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP), Addressing Viral Hepatitis in People With Substance Use Disorders. This is an important and helpful step toward achieving the fifth goal of the Action Plan for the Prevention, Care & Treatment of Viral Hepatitis, which calls on us to ensure that persons who use drugs have access to viral hepatitis …

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[ 1 Dec 2011 | No Comment ]
AIDS Day 2011

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director
“Leading with Science, Uniting for Action” is the U.S. Government (USG) theme for World AIDS Day 2011. This year, we are thankful for scientific advances in the response to HIV/AIDS—advances which have led Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to call for an “AIDS-free generation.”
On December 1st, people all around the world will commemorate World AIDS Day. We will think about how far we have come in the last 30 years, and we at AIDS.gov encourage everyone to get involved.
World AIDS Day provides a special opportunity …