Categories: HIV/AIDS
October 14th, 2010 12:34 pm ET - Kevin Fenton
October 15 is the eighth annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD), a day to take action to stop the spread of HIV in Latino communities across the United States.
Founded by the Latino Commission on AIDS, NLAAD focuses on how Latinos can work together to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in the community. This year’s theme ‘Save A Life; It May Be Your Own’ urges Hispanics/Latinos to get tested for HIV, which is critical to preventing the spread of HIV.
Categories: HIV/AIDS
October 5th, 2010 2:29 pm ET - Kevin Fenton
On September 24th, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that CDC allocated $30 million of the Affordable Care Act’s Prevention and Public Health Fund to expand HIV prevention efforts under the President’s National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). The funding includes nearly $22 million of grants for state and local health departments. Secretary Sebelius indicated that the funding will give a critical boost to our HIV/AIDS prevention efforts across the country by focusing on communities and geographic areas that have been hardest hit by this disease.
