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World AIDS Day, 2011: The Beginning of the End of AIDS

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  • August 24, 2012 at 12:00 PM EDT

    Implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Grand Rounds at the CDC

    Grant Colfax travels to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters to present at Public Health Grand Rounds, an ongoing series of monthly presentations on health-related topics pertinent to the health of Americans, and discusses implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS).

  • July 30, 2012 at 12:34 PM EDT

    Continuing to Fight the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

    The Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) releases its second annual report on the progress made toward achieving the primary goals of National HIV/AIDS Strategy.

  • July 26, 2012 at 2:38 PM EDT

    Secretary Clinton to AIDS 2012: “We Will Not Back Off, We Will Not Back Down”

    Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the International AIDS Conference and gives an update on PEPFAR progress

  • July 24, 2012 at 1:30 PM EDT

    How Far We've Come: Gayle Smith on AIDS

    To mark the 2012 International AIDS Conference, which is being held in Washington, D.C this week, the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Development and Democracy for the National Security Staff shares the impact HIV/AIDS has had on her own life

    Includes Video
  • July 24, 2012 at 1:28 PM EDT

    Lifting Up All Women

    Valerie Jarrett joins R&B legend Alicia Keys, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Black Women's HIV/AIDS Network for an inspirational meeting with a community gathering of courageous black women living with HIV/AIDS.

  • July 23, 2012 at 12:31 PM EDT

    How Far We've Come: Valerie Jarrett on AIDS

    To mark the 2012 International AIDS Conference, which is being held in Washington, D.C this week, the Senior Advisor to the President shares the impact HIV/AIDS has had on her own life

    Includes Video
  • July 23, 2012 at 12:29 PM EDT

    How Far We've Come: Tina Tchen on AIDS

    To mark the 2012 International AIDS Conference, which is being held in Washington, D.C this week, the Chief of Staff to the First Lady shares the impact HIV/AIDS has had on her own life

    Includes Video
  • July 23, 2012 at 12:21 PM EDT

    How Far We've Come: Grant Colfax on AIDS

    To mark the 2012 International AIDS Conference, which is being held in Washington, D.C this week, the Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy shares the impact HIV/AIDS has had on his own life

    Includes Video
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ONAP MILESTONES

World Hepatitis Day recognition

  • On July 29, 2012, President Obama recognized World Hepatitis Day with a Presidential Proclamation

  • On August 2, 2012, the White House hosted a forum in honor of World Hepatitis Day

International AIDS Conference

The return of the Conference to the United States marked a pivotal moment in the history of the fight against HIV/AIDS. America’s leadership globally, in science, and on HIV/AIDS policies is delivering results and saving living. The Obama Administration honored this historic event in many ways:

Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports

Additional progress

  • On March 30, 2012, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum creating a Federal working group to address the intersection of HIV/AID, violence against women and gender-related health disparities.

  • On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2011, the Administration announced a $50 million increase for HIV care and treatment through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.

  • During the fall of 2011, ONAP hosted a series of issue-specific National HIV/AIDS Strategy implementation dialogues focused on incorporating prevention and care into HIV programs, building capacity within the HIV workforce, sustaining the community-based response to HIV and maximizing effectiveness in low prevalence jurisdictions.

  • In July of 2011, ONAP released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Implementation Update that highlighted the strategy at work throughout federal agencies, and progress making strategic new investments and needed policy changes.

  • In February 2011, ONAP released an Overview of Agency Operational Plans Report of the lead agencies' plans that outlines what Federal stakeholders are doing to implement the NHAS.

National HIV/AIDS Strategy