Earlier this month, we attended the 2010 HIV Prevention Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. The Summit brought together grantees funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state and local health departments, community planning group (CPG) members, capacity building assistance providers, community-based organizations, and other interested HIV prevention partners to share innovative strategies…
ONAP Staff: It Gets Better
December 22, 2010 • 1 comment • By Gregorio Millett, M.P.H., Senior Policy Advisor, Office of National AIDS Policy
Cross-posted from Office of National AIDS Policy Blog
Cross-posted from Office of National AIDS Policy Blog
Yesterday several White House staff posted a blog and video as part of the ‘It Gets Better‘ project. ‘It Gets Better’ is a national campaign targeting LGBT youth that started in the wake of several high profile suicides. The campaign encourages LGBT youth who may be the subject of discrimination, scorn or ostracization to look…
Focus on the Transgender Community: Interview with Bamby Salcedo
As we've discussed in previous posts, the transgender community has been disproportionately affected by HIV, and often faces challenges finding and accessing appropriate services. The National HIV/AIDS Strategy addresses these disparities, starting with the vision that states: The United States will become a place where new HIV infections are rare and when they do occur,…
Doing Right By World AIDS Day: Putting Community Front and Center
World AIDS Day, December 1, presents a unique challenge to a website such as TheBody.com that is devoted to all things HIV/AIDS year-round. How do we commemorate the day in a way that doesn’t simply rehash the information we disseminate every other day of the year? And how do we make World AIDS Day relevant…
Using Twitter at the HIV Prevention Leadership Summit
December 10, 2010 • 0 comments • By Melissa Beaupierre, Senior Director, CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
At CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN), we have embraced social media as a key tool in developing and maintaining strong partnerships. As a CDC project whose purpose includes HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STD, and tuberculosis informational support to prevention partners, stakeholders, and other constituents, we realize the benefits of sharing key messages, new resources, and…
Moving Forward to Implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
December 10, 2010 • 1 comment • By Jeffrey S. Crowley, M.P.H., Director, Office of National AIDS Policy
Cross-posted from Office of National AIDS Policy Blog
Cross-posted from Office of National AIDS Policy Blog
In July, the President released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States, the most comprehensive effort to-date to set national priorities for responding to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic with quantitative metrics for measuring our progress. At that time, he also released a Federal Implementation Plan identifying specific action steps for 2010 and 2011 and…
HHS Submits Operational Plan for National HIV/AIDS Strategy
December 9, 2010 • 0 comments • 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
Today marks a milestone in our ongoing efforts to achieve the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS): The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) submitted its NHAS operational plan to the White House. Upon release of the NHAS in July, the President tasked six Federal agencies with lead responsibility for implementing the…