National HIV Strategy Focuses on Eliminating Health Disparities (posted 7/21)

On Tuesday, July 13, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, White House Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes, Office of National AIDS Policy Director Jeffrey Crowley, and HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh unveiled the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) during a live briefing from the White House. NHAS is a comprehensive plan focused on:

1. Reducing the number of people who become infected with HIV,
2. Increasing access to care and optimizing health outcomes for people living with HIV, and
3. Reducing HIV-related health disparities.

The plan will serve as a roadmap for policymakers, partners in prevention, and the public on steps the United States must take to lower HIV incidence, get people living with HIV into care, and reduce HIV-related health disparities. For more information and to watch a recording of the briefing click here. To watch a recording of President Obama's comments on NHAS click here.

Secretary Sebelius also announced that $30 million of the Affordable Care Act’s Prevention Fund will be dedicated to the implementation of the NHAS. This funding will support the development of combination prevention interventions. It will also support improved surveillance, expanded and targeted testing, and other activities.

Resources:

• National HIV/AIDS Strategy
• National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation Plan
• Key activities ONAP has undertaken so far
• Next steps in developing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
• Letter from the President
• President's Memorandum to Federal Agencies
• Community Ideas Report (13.2MB)
  

 

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