National and international experts in health care and mobile technology gathered in Washington, DC, December 3-5, 2012, for the mHealth Summit: Connecting the Mobile Health Ecosystem . AIDS.gov joined government, health, private sector, industry, academic, and nonprofit leaders to learn and share about how wireless technology is being used to improve health outcomes in the…
“Prevention and Wellness Across the Life Span”: Highlights from the APHA Annual Meeting
November 13, 2012 • 0 comments • By Jennie Anderson, Communications Advisor and Mindy Nichamin, New Media Coordinator, AIDS.gov
In late October, we joined more than 12,000 public health professionals at the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) 2012 Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Prevention and Wellness Across the Life Span”, kicking off with an Opening Session highlighting this theme. During the Opening Session, Dr. Reed Tuckson of…
Making the New Media Declaration a Reality
“We call upon the HIV Community to declare that new media and emerging technologies are critical to help us connect, create, listen, learn and engage as we move towards and AIDS-free generation.” – New Media Declaration This declaration was first made with more than 200 individuals at AIDS 2012 during our satellite session, “The State…
2012 U.S. Conference on AIDS – Highlights from Day 3
Editor’s note: This is the final in our series of blog posts sharing highlights from the National Minority AIDS Council’s 2012 U.S. Conference on AIDS. HIV and aging was the issue in the spotlight at the third day of the annual U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA). Thanks to effective treatment, the population of people living…
Reflections on Social Media: You Can Do This!
Last week at the 16th annual United States Conference on AIDS (USCA), I had the opportunity to interact with conference participants during two workshops on new media. We worked together to help answer the question posed by President Barack Obama in the Digital Government Strategy: “I want us to ask ourselves every day—how are we…
U.S. Conference on AIDS – Highlights from Day 2
The annual U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA) continued Monday. Among the highlights was a plenary session that put the spotlight on research for an HIV cure. Advances in HIV Cure Research The presentation, “Toward a Cure for HIV: The Need for Science, Collaboration, and Advocacy”, was moderated by Dr. Jack Whitescarver, Director of the Office…
Social Good: Igniting Passion and Innovation for a Better World
October 2, 2012 • 0 comments • By Anjana Padmanabhan, Public Affairs Advisor, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
Editor’s Note: This week the AIDS.gov team is at the United States Conference on AIDS. We will return next week with highlights from the social media sessions. Today we have a guest post about another recent conference, The Social Good Summit. Last week, global leaders gathered in New York City to discuss a wide spectrum…