Developing the Country’s HIV/AIDS Strategy
This is the first in our series titled “Spectrum Infectious Thursdays,” which will highlight pertinent issues in the infectious disease community. Last week, I attended the Interagency Working Group...
View ArticleRockin’ the Red Pump for HIV/AIDS
The Full Spectrum Blog is rockin’ the red pump in support of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, which was held on March 10. This nationwide initiative is celebrated ...
View ArticleSpectrum Infection Thursday: Shining a Spotlight on Malaria – Part II
I’ve been thinking for the last few days about a blog post that Brennan Gamwell, one of our interns, wrote last week on the Full Spectrum Blog. He wrote, “An estimated ...
View ArticleSpectrum To Host Free DC Week Event: Games for Change & Health –...
Spectrum is excited to help kick-off Digital Capital Week, by hosting “Games for Change & Health Workshop: Brainstorming and Game Design Jam for HIV/AIDS” on Monday from 12 p.m. to ...
View ArticleGaming That Changes Lives, Part I
I was very intrigued when I first heard about the “Games for Change” effort that is taking shape in the United States. Games that don’t just entertain but educate and ...
View ArticleHIV/AIDS in DC: 30 years and still a communications issue
Last Tuesday I attended the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation panel discussion which took a long hard look at the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. The panel, “AIDS at 30,” ...
View ArticleAIDS at 30 Years: First HIV Prevention Drug Approved
When Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome became an epidemic in the early 1980′s, no one knew where it came from, what caused it or how to cure this mystery ...
View ArticleSpectrum’s July Fireworks
July has been a busy month for the Spectrum team, and (while we are not ones to brag) we have a lot to show for our efforts. Here are a ...
View Article#AIDS2012: A Quick Snapshot
The XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) kicked off this year in Washington, D.C. with political leaders, health scientists, patients and advocacy leaders coming from every corner of the...
View Article#AIDS2012: Mobile Technology & Marginalized Populations
In an effort to not only report live from AIDS2012: XIX International AIDS Conference, but also act as part of the conversation I thought that my second blog post in ...
View Article#AIDS2012: Collaboration is Key to Ending the Epidemic
To view an epidemic through the eyes of every facet of these diseases is a life changing opportunity. Sitting in the AIDS 2012 Media Centre, keeping good company with some ...
View ArticleA mother’s love is celebrated through her work and legacy as an advocacy...
Yesterday would have been the 66th birthday of Elizabeth Glaser. Elizabeth – a mother, wife and American AIDS activist – contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion while giving birth ...
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