White House Talks HIV/AIDS

The White House Held a meeting on Black Men and HIV/AIDS yesterday in the White House's EEOB.

The meeting was facilitated by Greg Millett, the WH Office of National AIDS Policy Senior Policy Adviser, and joined by a panel of experts on the subject of HIV/AIDS, to include Shannon Hader, DC Dept of Heath HIV/AIDS Administration Director, Deborah Parham-Hopson (National Health Resources & Services Administration), and Garth Graham, Deputy Assistant Health & Human Services/Secretary for Minority Health, and White House Domestic Policy Advisor/Director of the Domestic Policy Council, Melody Barnes.

Majic Johnson did not attend. | Available media: CSPAN Video | See also.

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