Last week, the Pew Internet & American Life Project released the 2012 version of their annual report on Twitter use. As soon as I read the news about the report (via Twitter!), I shared it with the rest of the the AIDS.gov team, released an AIDS.gov tweet about it, and decided to write this blog…
Measuring Meaningful HIV Clinical Care Outcomes
Collecting and analyzing data are critical to the success of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) – we need to know what’s most effective in improving the health and wellness of the 1.2 million people in the United States living with HIV. One challenge is the lack of consensus on what core indicators to use to…
Saving Face Can’t Make You Safe – HIV and the AAPI Community
June 1, 2012 • 0 comments • By Hector Vargas, Executive Director, Gay & Lesbian Medical Association
Cross-posted from The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Blog
Cross-posted from The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Blog
“Saving face can’t make you safe. Talk about HIV—for me, for you, for everyone.” The slogan is reflective of how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders need to embrace the growing concern of HIV in our communities. Judging by recent activities the efforts to educate the community about HIV is having an impact. On May 19,…
Winning the Fight Against HIV in Children
June 1, 2012 • 1 comment • By Rajiv Shah, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Over thirty years ago, when the fight against HIV first began, the outlook for tackling the pandemic was bleak. Across the world, AIDS was seen as a death sentence. Within just a few years, it had devastated communities from the United States to South Africa. But the world continued to fight, and the past three…