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Kicked Off: 2010 National STD Prevention Conference
The 2010 National STD Prevention Conference kicked off last night with an inspiring speech by former CDC director Bill Foege for and audience of over 1,200 registered participants. The conference has an ambitious agenda and will run through Thursday, March 11. More information is available at www.cdc.gov/stdpreventionconferece. The agenda is posted on STD Prevention Online -- See featured resource below.
Picture right: Kicesie Drew speaking at Tuesday's min-plenary (see blog below).
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YouTube Sex Ed Phenomenon Speaks at STD Conference
March 8, 2010
YouTube phenomenon Kicesie Drew was one of today's mini-plenary speakers at the STD Prevention conference held in Atlanta this week. Kicesie hosts the YouTube site "Kicesie's Sex Ed", where she regularly posts video's of herself discussing a variety sexual health topics. Her following world-wide is large and consistent. Her video "vlogs" have been downloaded over 200 million times and two of her videos are among the top-25 of all time YouTube hits. At the conference, Kicesie didcussed how she selects her topics and how she interacts with her viewers.
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Program of the 2010 STD Prevention Conference
Attached is the full up-to-date program of the 2010 National STD Prevention Conference.
More information and updates are available at the conference web site:
http://www.cdc.gov/stdconference/
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