The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), with funding from the Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund, is pleased to announce a new resource center solely focused on the prevention of HIV/AIDS among adolescents. Launched on June 25, 2012, the center provides a central, online location for youth-serving professionals to access training, technical assistance, information exchange, and…
New National Resource Center to Prevent HIV/AIDS among Adolescents
June 29, 2012 • 0 comments • By Evelyn Kappeler, Acting Director, Office of Adolescent Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
How to Stay Updated During AIDS 2012
On Wednesday June 27th, the International AIDS Society announced their plans for online coverage of AIDS 2012. They are partnering with Kaiser to provide daily coverage on its website www.kff.org/aids2012 . Both the Opening Session and Closing Session will be presented live via webcast. They will webcast more than 50 conference sessions and press conferences…
AIDS.gov Redesigned Using Responsive Design
June 28, 2012 • 2 comments • By Miguel Gomez, Director, AIDS.gov, and Senior Communications Advisor, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
We here at AIDS.gov are proud to formally announce that our site has been relaunched and redesigned using responsive design. Responsive web design is a next-generation web development method of designing content so that it works well on both a laptop screen and a smartphone, automatically adjusting its size to fit the screen. Since smartphones,…
Statement by the President on National HIV Testing Day
June 27, 2012 • 0 comments • By AIDS.gov
Cross-posted from The White House Office of the Press Secretary
Cross-posted from The White House Office of the Press Secretary
National HIV Testing Day highlights the importance of HIV testing and the fight against HIV/AIDS. Of the over 1.1 million Americans living with HIV, more than 200,000 are unaware of their infection, and may unknowingly be transmitting the virus to others. Knowing your HIV status is a vital step toward accessing life-extending treatment for HIV,…
AIDS.gov: Anytime, Anywhere, on Any Device
The internet has changed and continues to change how the American public receives information and interacts with the government. At AIDS.gov we are constantly adapting to the changing environment so we can use the most appropriate technology available to reach our diverse audiences. Recently, the federal government ushered us into this new era with the…
AIDSVu’s Interactive Maps Illustrate the Impact of HIV in U.S. Communities
June 26, 2012 • 0 comments • By Patrick Sullivan, PhD, DVM, Principal Researcher, AIDSVu.org, and Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Understanding HIV at the community level is critical to helping focus prevention and care resources where they are most needed. This week, we unveiled the 2012 update of AIDSVu – an interactive online mapping project depicting the HIV epidemic in the U.S. – with new local maps and data that can help provide a better…
National HIV Testing Day 2012
June 26, 2012 • 0 comments • By Thomas Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Despite many continuing challenges, this is a time of exciting progress and hope in the fight against HIV/AIDS. A record number of Americans living with HIV know their HIV status. According to recently released data, nearly 82 percent of the more than 1.1 million people living with HIV in the United States are aware of…