“On Wednesday, September 24th 2008 at 3:00 pm (EST), The Office of HIV/AIDS Policy's AIDS.gov will conduct a 30-minute webinar, ‘Underserved Populations and New Media Use’. I invite you to join and listen as experts address: Is there a ‘digital divide?’ How are underserved communities using new media? How can we use new media to reach underserved communities with HIV/AIDS messages? The webinar will also include a Q&A session. Speakers will include Fard Johnmar, Founder of Envision Solutions, LLC, and Alejandro Garcia-Barbon, Senior Technical Advisor to IQ Solutions, Inc. and NIDA's ‘Drugs + HIV > Learn the Link’ Campaign.”
(Source: Miguel Gomez Director, AIDS.gov)
Tags: AIDS, HIV, public health
Topics: Community Health, Events, Health Care, Health Care Access, News, Social networking, Technology, Web 2.0
Topics: Community Health, Events, Health Care, Health Care Access, News, Social networking, Technology, Web 2.0
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