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Commemorating National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
By Valerie Jarrett February 7, 2012 On this, the 12th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, I remember my sister-in-law's fight with the disease. Tragically, she did not win that fight -- she left behind a devastated husband and five-year old daughter. But it is in her memory, and the memory of all the friends and loved ones we have lost, that we vow to keep working toward the day when HIV/AIDS is history.
PACHA Blog: CMS Care Innovations Summit
By Christopher Bates, M.P.A. January 26, 2012 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the HHS Office of the National Coordinator are hosting the first "Care Innovations Summit" in Washington, DC today to "showcase innovative work in care delivery and payment." The Summit will bring together leading innovators from inside and outside the healthcare industry to encourage and promote knowledge-sharing, "matchmaking," and engagement to drive transformation of our healthcare system.
Interactive Access to CDC's HIV and STD Data
By Kevin Fenton, M.D., Ph.D., F.F.P.H. January 11, 2012 The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a new interactive web tool -- the NCHHSTP Atlas -- that allows users to create maps, charts, and tables using HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted disease (STD) data collected by CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP).
A Conversation With PACHA Chair Nancy Mahon
By Christopher Bates, M.P.A. January 5, 2012 On December 1, 2011, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced the appointment of Nancy Mahon, Senior Vice President of MAC Cosmetics and Executive Director of the MAC AIDS Fund, to chair the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA).
The Affordable Care Act and People Living With HIV/AIDS
By Miguel Gomez January 4, 2012 One of the questions I get frequently is "how is the Affordable Care Act (the health care law of 2010) helping people living with HIV/AIDS?" The short answer is: in many ways. The detailed answer is more complex, but also much more exciting.
On Mr. Crowley's Departure, Our Appreciation
By Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H. December 16, 2011
This month, Mr. Jeffrey Crowley ends his tenure as President Obama's Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) and Senior Advisor on Disability Policy, positions he has held since 2009. We acknowledge, with sincere gratitude, Jeff's significant contributions to fulfilling the President's commitment to develop the United States' first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Since the Strategy's release in July 2010, I have had the pleasure of working closely with Jeff and his colleagues in ONAP to implement the Strategy across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other lead Federal Departments.
American Leadership to Reach an AIDS-Free Generation
By Gayle Smith and Eric Goosby December 1, 2011 Today President Obama was part of a very special World AIDS Day event. It is a day for solemn observance, to remember all those who have been lost to this disease over 30 years, and those still living with HIV today.
NMAC's Big Audacious Goal: World AIDS Day 2011
By Paul A. Kawata December 1, 2011
My generation stepped up to fight an epidemic that nobody cared about. We've endured the loss of countless friends and lovers. On World AIDS Day 2011, we can change the narrative of loss to one of victory. The first 15 years of our movement were mired in sickness and death. In 1996, protease inhibitors changed this so that the next 15 years were about living with the virus and trying to stop new infections. Let's mark this World AIDS Day as the beginning of the end!
Getting to Zero on World AIDS Day
By Colleen Curtis December 1, 2011
President Obama today marked World AIDS Day, speaking at an event called "The Beginning of the End of AIDS" where he outlined the progress that has been made in the global fight against the pandemic.
Women's Health Issues Supplement Showcases Gender-Responsive National HIV/AIDS Programming for U.S. Women and Girls
By Vera Yakovchenko November 7, 2011
A just-released special supplement to the journal Women's Health Issues provides in-depth information about gender-specific health considerations of U.S. women and girls in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and recommendations for national strategic programmatic improvements to meet their needs. |
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