AIDS United has started a Twitter campaign to get HIV/AIDSon the agenda during the first debate between President Barack Obama and formerMassachusetts Governor Mitt Romney on Wednesday, October 3, according to anAIDS United statement. Advocates are asked to tweet questions related toHIV/AIDS to debate moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS NewsHour. Although AIDS United has provided sample tweets,the HIV advocacy group also encourages original tweets sent to @NewsHour thatinclude the #DebateHIV hashtag.

To read the statement and sample tweets, click here.