sábado, 18 de agosto de 2012

CDC - Grand Rounds ► High-Impact HIV Prevention Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m., EDT

CDC - Grand Rounds


Public Health Grand Rounds

Public Health Grand Rounds The Public Health Grand Rounds is a monthly webcast created to foster discussion on major public health issues. Each session focuses on key challenges related to a specific health topic, and explores cutting-edge scientific evidence and potential impact of different interventions. The Grand Rounds sessions also highlight how CDC and its partners are already addressing these challenges and discuss the recommendations for future research and practice.

Next Grand Rounds Presentation:

High-Impact HIV Prevention
Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m., EDT
Photo of HIV ribbon
This session of Grand Rounds will explore High-Impact HIV prevention. In the United States, prevention has already averted more than 350,000 HIV infections. There are nearly 1.1 million people living with HIV in the United States. Current approaches are designed to maximize the impact of prevention efforts for Americans at high-risk for HIV infection.
Watch the live webcast with a broadband or slower connection. Note: The webcast links are only active during the date and time of the session, but all sessions are archived for future viewing.

Dear Colleagues:
Please join CDC for the next Public Health Grand Rounds, entitled “High-Impact HIV Prevention,” on Tuesday August 21, at 1 p.m. (EDT). CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds is a monthly webcast created to foster discussion on major public health issues. Each session focuses on key challenges related to a specific health topic, and explores cutting-edge scientific evidence and potential impact of different interventions.
This session of the Grand Rounds will explore a High-Impact Prevention approach to prevent HIV in the United States. The presenters include:
Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH
Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC
“Science of Optimizing HIV Prevention”

Irene Hall, PhD, FACE
Chief, HIV Incidence and Case Surveillance Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC
“New Directions in Monitoring the Burden of HIV”

Stephanie Sansom, PhD, MPP, MPH
Commander, U.S. Public Health Service
Lead, Prevention Economics Team
Quantitative Sciences and Data Management Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC
“Modeling to Identify Optimal Allocation of HIV Prevention Resources in a City Health Department”

Grant Colfax, MD, MPH
Director, Office of National AIDS Policy
The White House
“Ongoing Implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy to Improve HIV Prevention and Care”

Facilitated By:

Tanja Popovic, MD, PhD, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds
John Iskander, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds
Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Manager, Public Health Grand Rounds
How can you participate and get involved?
  • Promote the Grand Rounds on Twitter, Facebook and other channels
  • Watch the live webcast Tuesday, August 21, at 1 p.m. (EDT) with a broadband or slower connection. Note: the Webcast links are only active during the date and time fo the session, but all sessions are archived for future viewing.
  • Follow live tweets from @CDC_DrFenton and @CDC_HIVAIDS during the Grand Rounds
  • Retweet tweets from @CDC_DrFenton and @CDC_HIVAIDS

Sample Facebook post:
CDC’s Grand Rounds will explore High-Impact Prevention, an approach to stop the spread of HIV in the United States. This approach builds upon the effective prevention tools that have already averted more than 350,000 HIV infections in the United States. High-Impact Prevention offers more hope than ever before for reversing the U.S. HIV epidemic. Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 1 – 2pm ET.   

Sample Tweet: 
Watch the #CDCGrandRounds session on “High-Impact #HIV Prevention” on Aug 21 at 1pm ET.
go.usa.gov/7BL


 

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