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August 25, 2009

CDC's 2009 HIV Prevention Conference: “Innovation and Action to End the Epidemic”

"The 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference Exit Disclaimer is reaching over 3,500 of our colleagues in Atlanta this week. Thanks to conference organizers, this year’s highlights are shared to those unable to attend via Twitter: CDC NPIN Exit Disclaimer, AIDS.gov Exit Disclaimer, and others are tweeting with the hashtag #NHPC09 Exit Disclaimer. CDC also provides conference participants with text message updates Exit Disclaimer, and videotaped many of the presentations to broaden reach (CDC NPIN Exit Disclaimer should have these posted around September 7th).
Miguel Gomez

Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director, presents at NHPC09

This morning, AIDS.gov Director Miguel Gomezpresented on the plenary panel, “Advances in HIV Prevention Science and Technology.” The AIDS.gov presentation Exit Disclaimer focused on how the HIV community can adopt new media tools to further their work. Miguel said, “we have a responsibility to learn about new media—to learn what clients are doing online, what new media is, and how to fit it into our overall HIV prevention planning.”

Read more in AIDS.gov, August 25, 2009.

Note: Even if you have never used Twitter and do not have an account, you can click of the Twitter "hashtag" above to read recent "tweets" tagged for this conference.

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