Overview
Addressing the Intersection of HIV/AIDS and Violence Against Women and Girls
Violence is common in the lives of women and girls living with, and at risk for, HIV/AIDS, and the Obama Administration is working to address these intersecting issues. Through a Presidential Memorandum, the President created the “Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender-Related Health Disparities Working Group”.
Read the White House Memorandum
Read blog posts about this issue.
DOJ Settles 3 HIV-related Discrimination Cases
Since President Obama announced the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) in July 2010, the Department of Justice, under the leadership of Attorney General Eric Holder, has taken unprecedented steps to enforce civil rights laws that protect the rights of persons living with HIV or AIDS and to educate the public on these issues.
Read about DOJ’s recent settlements addressing HIV discrimination by medical providers. Read about other DOJ activities related to implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Visit DOJ’s page on Fighting Discrimination Against People with HIV/AIDS.
HHS Establishes Common HIV Program Indicators
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius recently approved the use of seven common core indicators for monitoring HHS-funded HIV prevention, treatment, and care services. This was an important milestone in HHS efforts to respond to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy’s call to standardize data collection and grantee reporting requirements for federal HIV programs.
Read more about the indicators, how they were developed, and plans to put them in place by the end of 2013.
What is the National HIV/AIDS Strategy?
On July 13, 2010 the White House released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). This ambitious plan is the nation's first-ever comprehensive coordinated HIV/AIDS roadmap with clear and measurable targets to be achieved by 2015.
Developing the Strategy
Learn about the creation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and how it moved from idea to reality.
Releasing the Strategy
Read about the Strategy's release on July 13, 2010 and the President's goals from day one.
Vision for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
The United States will become a place where new HIV infections are rare and when they do occur, every person regardless of age, gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or socio-economic circumstance, will have unfettered access to high quality, life-extending care, free from stigma and discrimination.
Goals for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
1. Reduce new HIV infections
- Lower the annual number of new infections by 25%
- Reduce HIV transmission by 30%
- Increase the percentage of people living with HIV who know their serostatus from 79% to 90%
2. Increase access to care and improve health outcomes for people living with HIV
- Increase the proportion of newly diagnosed patients linked to clinical care from 65% to 85%
- Increase the proportion of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program clients who are in continuous care from 73% to 80%
- Increase the number of Ryan White clients with permanent housing from 82% to 86%
3. Reduce HIV-related health disparities
- Improve access to prevention and care services for all Americans
- Increase the proportion of HIV-diagnosed gay and bisexual men with undetectable viral load by 20%
- Increase the proportion of HIV-diagnosed Blacks with undetectable viral load by 20%
- Increase the proportion of HIV-diagnosed Latinos with undetectable viral load by 20%
NHAS Blog Posts
Read more blog posts about the NHAS.
