National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). Facing AIDS. Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day, December 1, 2011 30 years That’s how long it has been since the first cases of AIDS were reported in the U.S. HIV is still a reality for more than 1.1 million Americans. One of every five people living with HIV in the […]

National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). What You Can Do. Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) does not fall to the Federal Government alone. The release of the NHAS is just beginning. Success will require the commitment of all parts of society, including state, local and tribal governments, businesses, faith communities, philanthropy, the scientific and medical communities, educational […]

National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). What’s Next? To accomplish the Strategy’s goals, we must undertake a more coordinated national response to the epidemic. This will require increasing the coordination of HIV programs across the Federal Government and between Federal agencies and state, territorial, tribal, and local governments, as well as developing improved mechanisms to monitor and report […]

National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). Overview. The National HIV/AIDS Strategy On July 13, 2010 the White House released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). This ambitious plan is the nation’s first-ever comprehensive coordinated HIV/AIDS roadmap with clear and measurable targets to be achieved by 2015. Download PDF: English (1.34 MB) | Español (1.2 MB) Strategy Fact Sheet Excerpted from the official […]

National HIV/AIDS Strategy National HIV/AIDS Strategy A Vision for our Future … … Learn more about the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. One of the President’s top HIV/AIDS policy priorities is the development and implementation of a National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). There are three primary goals for the NHAS: Reducing HIV incidence Increasing access to care and […]

Caucasians who avoid sun exposure more likely to be vitamin D deficient, study shows Light-skinned people who avoid the sun are twice as likely to suffer from vitamin D deficiency as those who do not, according to a study of nearly 6,000 people by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Surprisingly, the use of […]

2011 Human Development Index: Norway at top, DR Congo last 02 November 2011 Copenhagen—Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead the world in the 2011 Human Development Index (HDI), while the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger and Burundi are at the bottom of the Human Development Report’s annual rankings of national achievement in health, education […]

2011 Human Development Report: Environmental trends threaten global progress for the poor   PHOTO: ©UNDP/ARANTXA CEDILLO) 02 November 2011 Health, income advancement in developing countries jeopardized by inaction on climate change, habitat destruction, Report shows Wealth and gender disparities linked to environmental hazards Copenhagen—Development progress in the world’s poorest countries could be halted or even […]

Unique use of electronic medical records helps physicians at Packard Children’s select treatment for rare disease   For the first time, aggregate patient data from electronic medical records has been used to help make a challenging, real-time decision in the care of a patient with a rare disease. A team at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford […]

UN human development rankings place Norway at the top and DR Congo last 02 November 2011 Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead this year’s newly released Human Development Index (HDI) rankings, the annual United Nations measure of progress in human well-being, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Niger and Burundi are at the […]