In an interview with AIDS.gov Director Miguel Gomez, Dr. Carl Dieffenbach discussed how to talk about “a cure” for HIV, and how talk of a cure is different from talk of an “AIDS-free generation.” Dr. Dieffenbach is Director of the…
AIDS 2012 and the Road Ahead
Today is the last day of AIDS 2012, the first International AIDS Conference to be held in the United States in more than 20 years. AIDS 2012 helped crystallize the extraordinary opportunities—and serious challenges—that lie ahead as we work to bring…
USG @ AIDS 2012 Video: Phill Wilson and Miguel Gomez
In his remarks at the Monday plenary of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012), Phill Wilson, Founder and Executive Director of the Black AIDS Institute and member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, gave delegates an update on…
World Hepatitis Day
Tomorrow, July 28, we will join the global observance of World Hepatitis Day. Organized by the World Hepatitis Alliance , a non-governmental organization that represents hepatitis B and hepatitis C patient groups from around the world, the annual observance focuses attention…
USG @ AIDS 2012 Video: Dr. Koh and A. Toni Young
In the latest interview from the Conversations from AIDS 2012 series, Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh speaks with A. Toni Young, Executive Director of the Community Education Group (CEG) in Washington, D.C. Ms. Young discusses CEG’s massive testing…
AIDS 2012: HIV in Gay and Bisexual Men
The impact of the HIV epidemic on gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) around the world has received considerable attention at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012). The Lancet (the British medical journal) distributed…
USG @ AIDS 2012 Video: Dr. Koh and Ambassador Goosby
The XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) is the largest meeting of individuals from around the world working to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic. In this video interview, Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health…
Conversations from AIDS 2012: Ron Valdiserri and Dawn Averitt Bridge on Expanding Public Awareness of HIV/AIDS in the U.S.
At the XIX International Conference on AIDS (AIDS 2012) on Tuesday July 24, 2012, Dr. Ron Valdiserri, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, caught up with Ms. Dawn Averitt Bridge, Founder and Chair of The Well Project . They discussed National…
