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08-24-2023This summer, staff from the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) attended the National African American MSM Lea...
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Putting Community First – OIDP Staff Reflects on NAESM Conference - Blog
HIV Community Mourns the Passing of Archbishop Carl Bean 09-09-2021Archbishop Carl Bean, founder of the Unity Fellowship Church Movement, passed away after a long illness on September 7, 2021, at... - Blog
In Memoriam: Ron Simmons 06-03-2020In the midst of so many recent losses, we note with regret the passing of Dr. Ron Simmons, a scholar, community activist, and lon... - Blog
Remembering June 5th 06-05-2019Today we recognize that, 38 years ago, the CDC published the first report of what would come to be known as the HIV/AIDS epidemic. - Blog
HIV Stigma in Focus at Closing Session of CDC’s National HIV Prevention Conference 03-25-2019Speakers took aim at stigma during the closing session of the 2019 National HIV Prevention Conference, at why it exists and howto combatit. - Blog
New Factsheets: HIV’s Impact in the African American Community 02-22-2019In 2017, Blacks/African Americans accounted for 13% of the U.S. population but 43% of the 38,739 new HIV diagnoses in the United States and dependent areas. - Blog
Free, Competitive, and Important 05-04-2018Are you interested in elevating the standards of care for Black MSM and Transgender patients? Join the 2018 CME/CNE competition - Blog
HIV in the African American Community: Progress, But Our Work Is Far From Over 02-07-2018We have made great progress in the fight against HIV in the United States. Annual HIV infections and diagnoses have declined in r... - Blog
A Personal Perspective: PrEP and NBHAAD 02-07-2018Every day, I wake up and take a little blue pill that empowers me. It s been nearly 3 years since I made the decision to start... - Blog
3 Funding Opportunities from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program 01-05-2018The Health Resources and Services Administration s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA/HAB) is currently supporting three open funding opport... - Blog
SNAPS/OHH In Focus: World AIDS Day 2017 12-04-2017Cross-posted from HUD Exchange, December 01, 2017 On behalf of the teams in the Offices of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNA... - Blog
The Tools You Need to Make Your Organization Health Literate 10-03-2017October is Health Literacy Month, so now is a great time to start on the path to become a health literate organization - and the... - Blog
New HIV Diagnoses: Large Improvements In Some Groups Overshadow Results for People and Places Being Left Behind 09-15-2017New HIV diagnoses are on the decline in the United States. Our previous blog in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) Indicator series showed that from 2010 to.… - Blog
Stories Have an Impact 06-09-2017As a result of our interactions with our partners and stakeholders, HIV.gov recognized the importance of stories in raising aware... - Blog
30 Days Of HIV: Black, Digital, Community Campaign for National HIV Testing Day 06-02-2017Each year, National HIV Testing Day is an opportunity to reflect on my journey as a Black, gay man, living healthy with HIV. Simp... - Blog
Less Talk, More Action: Southern Leaders Meet with CDC to Address HIV Disparities in the South 05-23-2017Why did it take us so long to focus our attention on the disparities experienced in the South? Was it that AIDS was first identif... - Blog
Black Voices: A Reflection of Service on MLK Day 01-16-2017In 2015, we started asking our Black Voices bloggers to reflect on what service means to them as we stopped to celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther.… - Blog
Digital Storytelling for Change 01-10-2017Digital storytelling can be an important outreach tool to promote attention to health and wellness for people who may be at incre... - Blog
Southern Forum Addresses HIV among Gay and Bisexual Men of Color 12-28-2016HIV continues to take a heavy toll in the southern United States. Southern states represent 33 percent of the U.S. population, bu... - Blog
The CDC’s Gay Dance Video about HIV is Fabulous 10-24-2016The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has taken the unprecedented step of producing a music video to educate gay men about the many HIV preventio…