AIDS.gov - Friday Sep 14 - 6:30pm
National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day is quickly approaching. On September 18, you can tune in to a webinar hosted by The AIDS Institute that will include a call to action for HIV awareness, education and prevention for older adults. Register and learn more about the day in this blog post:

National HIV/AIDS Aging Awareness Day Webinar
September 18, 2012 will mark the fifth annual observance of National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD). This year’s theme is “Aging is a part of life: HIV doesn’t have to be!” The lead organization for the day is The AIDS Institute .

AIDS.gov - Thursday Sep 13 - 7:54pm
The ten regional offices of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services hosted and will continue to hold summits on implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Contact your regional HIV/AIDS Resource Network Program to get involved:

More Regional Summits on National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation
By Timothy Harrison, PhD, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Regional HIV/AIDS Resource Coordinators, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

AIDS.gov - Wednesday Sep 12 - 1:13pm
It is now easier to apply for financial assistance with your HIV medicines if you are uninsured with the common application.

Common application for HIV patient assistance program expedites application process for lifesaving d
The Common Patient Assistance Program Application (CPAPA), announced by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at the International AIDS Conference in July, went into effect today. This single common application allows uninsured individuals living with HIV to use one application...

AIDS.gov - Tuesday Sep 11 - 5:57pm
How is the HIV community using infographics? This blog post has more information about infographics and applying visual design to information.

Does your organization have an infographic on HIV/AIDS, or would you like to create one? Share your thoughts.

Infographics: Applying Visual Design to Information
How do you make data look good – and mean something too? Information graphics, or infographics as they’re commonly referred to, attempt to do just that: visualize data in an engaging way. Infographics turn numbers into pictures, or take select data and represent them in a way that is easy to underst...

AIDS.gov - Monday Sep 10 - 6:57pm
Attention public health professionals: did you know you can map HIV/AIDS, STD, TB, & hepatitis data in the United States with the CDC Atlas tool?

Access the information necessary to plan in more efficient and impactful ways, and to better tailor resources and interventions to meet the needs of those in the areas hardest hit.

Mapping Epidemics
The NCHHSTP Atlas—an online visualization tool for surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—is the latest innovation of CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). Using the Atlas allows you to identify areas of the United...