Act Against AIDS

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• Web Badge -- Promote HIV awareness by adding an Act Against AIDS Web badge to your website – just copy the html code below and paste it into your site after 1:00 p.m. (EDT), Tuesday April 7.
  

<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nineandahalfminutes/?s_cid=actagainstaids_003" title="Every 9½ minutes someone in the US is infected with HIV. Act Against AIDS."><img src="http://www.cdc.gov/images/campaigns/actagainstaids/9andahalfmins_300x250.jpg" width="300" height="250" border="0" alt="Every 9½ minutes someone in the US is infected with HIV. Act Against AIDS."></a>

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• Link to the 9 ½ minute website from your agency homepage.
  Suggested text for your homepage:
  White House Announces New National HIV/AIDS Communication Campaign: www.nineandahalfminutes.org
  


• Blog about the event, or read Federal blogs on the campaign. Kevin Fenton, director of the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention will be blogging, as will AIDS.gov.
  


• Twitter – If you are on Twitter, please follow and re-tweet from the CDC Twitter account or from the AIDS.gov Twitter account.
  


• All tweets related to this event should use a standard hashtag for the event (#AAAIDS).
  
  
• All tweets will reference other organizations (with @) as appropriate.
  
  
• If possible, refer followers to www.nineandahalfminutes.org or 1-800-CDC-INFO (both 1-800-CDC-INFO and 1-800-232-4636 or cdcinfo@cdc.gov) for additional information.
  
  
• Try to limit tweets to 120 characters, including the #AAAIDS hashtag, to promote retweeting.
  
  


• Watch the White House webcast and link to it if it’s live – please check to see if we were able to webcast the event on the AIDS.gov homepage and either watch it live or review the event.
  


• Link to PSAs and podcasts – PSAs and podcasts of the event will be on both the CDC and HHS Youtube channels, but you can go to www.nineandahalfminutes.org to link or view.