The Plan to Fight AIDS in the United States
National HIV/AIDS Strategy
What is the United States doing to combat HIV/AIDS on the home front?
In the United States, many advocacy groups and AIDS service organizations have called for a comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy. All Federal Departments and agencies with HIV/AIDS programs work together to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but there is currently no concrete national strategy to guide those efforts.
President Barack Obama has pledged to develop and implement such a strategy, and has emphasized three primary goals:
- Reducing HIV incidence
- Increasing access to care and optimizing health outcomes
- Reducing HIV-related health disparities
The White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) will oversee the process of developing the strategy, and will be soliciting input through a series of community discussions and new media activities. ONAP works to coordinate an increasingly integrated approach to prevention, care, and treatment of HIV/AIDS and emphasizes the integration of domestic and international efforts to combat HIV/AIDS.
For more information, see ONAP’s National AIDS Strategy.
ONAP will also be working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of HIV/AIDS Policy (OHAP), which advises the Assistant Secretary for Health and senior HHS officials on: the appropriate and timely implementation and development of HIV/AIDS policy; the establishment of priorities; and the solid implementation of HIV/AIDS programs, activities, and initiatives across other HHS health agencies.
The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) also provides policy recommendations on the Federal response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The PACHA site provides information on past and upcoming events, reports, and policy recommendations.
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