Blog.AIDS.gov: About This Blog

Miguel Gomez, Director of AIDS.gov

A large number of Federal agencies and programs are engaged in HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, treatment, and research efforts in the United States. AIDS.gov serves as a gateway for information about those Federal domestic efforts.

Since the launch of AIDS.gov on December 1, 2006 (World AIDS Day), there has been a growing interest in finding ways to use new media to disseminate information about HIV/AIDS and improve prevention, testing, treatment, and research outcomes. AIDS.gov created this blog to address that interest.

This blog serves as a forum to foster public discussion on using new media effectively in the response to HIV/AIDS. The intended audience for the blog includes, but is not limited to:

Individuals and organizations using, or wanting to use, new media tools in the response to HIV/AIDS, including minority public health leaders
Individuals and organizations using, or wanting to use, new media tools in public service, including public health
Members of the public and Federal staffers who would like to see the Federal government adopt emerging technologies, when appropriate, to improve services

Christopher Bates, Director of HHS’ Office of HIV/AIDS Policy

The AIDS.gov blog focuses on using new media in response to HIV and AIDS—but we frequently get questions about Federal HIV/AIDS issues and policies. To respond to this need, we have created a biweekly post that will provide a paragraph on policy, and will offer the following three pieces of information:

A brief explanation of the policy issue
The organization(s) responsible for implementing the policy
A link to more information, as available

This blog is intended to be a dynamic, online conversation, and we welcome your comments, ideas, and stories.

Comments are moderated and posted in accordance with our Comment Policy.

Miguel Gomez, Director of AIDS.gov, is the editor of the new media section of this blog. Christopher Bates, Director of HHS’ Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, is the editor of the policy section of this blog.