This week at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, world leaders are coming together to move the world’s health and development agenda forward. Among the key agenda items is securing a better future for children — which is also a central focus of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Meeting the…
Putting Children Front and Center in the Response to HIV/AIDS
September 25, 2012 • 1 comment • By Eric Goosby, Ambassador, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
Cross-posted from DipNote U.S. Department of State Official Blog
Cross-posted from DipNote U.S. Department of State Official Blog
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
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…
Encouraging Health Care Providers to Reach Youth for STD Awareness Month
April 17, 2012 • 1 comment • By Gail Bolan, M.D., Director, Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
April is STD Awareness Month, an annual observance to raise awareness about the impact of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the important role health care providers can play in supporting the sexual health of their patients. STDs can affect people from all walks of life, but adolescents and young people are disproportionately impacted. Estimates suggest…
Youth Programme Aims to Strengthen the Participation of Young People at AIDS 2012
If previous International AIDS Conferences are any indication, young people will comprise one of the most actively engaged delegations at AIDS 2012. This is welcomed news, as the leadership and involvement of young people is critical to the goal of achieving an AIDS-free generation. HIV significantly affects young people. In the U.S., young people aged…
New York AIDS Institute Facebook Town Hall
December 27, 2011 • 0 comments • By Sonja Noring, MA, Office of the Medical Director, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health
World AIDS Day 2011 in New York was marked by another event using social media against HIV and STDs. The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute conducted a one-hour Facebook/Live Town Hall in which young people were invited to ask and post questions about HIV, STDs, sexual health, and substance use. Answers came…
Start Your HIV Prevention Planning for Adolescent Health with the New School Year
August 12, 2011 • 3 comments • By Natalie Zensius, Director of Marketing and Communications, ISIS, Inc
Don’t wait till spring! The beginning of a new school year presents a great opportunity to start thinking about integrating HIV prevention programming into young people’s lives. While youth as a whole are not overrepresented among HIV positive communities, adolescents are particularly vulnerable to disease transmission due to their risk-taking stage of life. Currently, each…
Reaching Youth Online through HIV-Positive Youth Peer Educators
May 31, 2011 • 0 comments • By A. Daniel Ramos, New Technologies Coordinator, Downtown Youth Clinic, East Bay AIDS Center
The East Bay AIDS Center (EBAC) in Oakland, California serves approximately 1,500 East Bay residents living with HIV or AIDS. The Downtown Youth Clinic (DYC), part of EBAC, offers free and confidential services to HIV-positive youth between the ages of 13 and 24. We talked with Daniel to learn more about their HIV-positive youth HYPE…
April is STD Awareness Month. Did you GYT?
April 19, 2011 • 2 comments • By Rachel Kachur, MPH, Health Communication Specialist, Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
April is STD Awareness Month. Every year there are over 19 million new cases of STDs in the United States (CDC). Half of these new STD infections occur among young people ages 15 to 24 even though this age group makes up only 25% of the sexually active population. There are many negative outcomes of…