Nancy C. Lee

M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health - Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Knowledge Leads to Action on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

March 7, 2013 • 0 comments • By Nancy C. Lee, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health - Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Share knowledge. Take action. That’s the theme of this year’s National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, which the nation and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office on Women’s Health will observe on March 10. Why should you share knowledge in your community? Because knowledge leads to action. Here are four…

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

March 8, 2012 • 1 comment • By Nancy C. Lee, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health - Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Today, nearly 300,000 women are living with HIV in the United States. While men represent the majority of AIDS diagnoses, as well as new and existing HIV infections, the impact of HIV/AIDS on women has grown since the beginning of the epidemic. Compared with women of other races/ethnicities, African American women continue to be disproportionally…