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- March 10, 2010 at 2:31 PM EDT
March 10 -- Redoubling Our Efforts on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Tina Tchen details how the Office of National AIDS Policy is working with partners throughout the Federal Government to raise awareness and aid the prevention and treatment of a domestic epidemic where a women in the U.S. tests positive for HIV every 35 minutes.
- February 22, 2010 at 1:20 PM EDT
ONAP Announces Federal Interagency Members Developing National HIV/AIDS Strategy
On Wednesday, February 24, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) and the HHS Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) will host a meeting to allow the public to hear about the progress being made in developing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
- February 10, 2010 at 6:18 PM EDT
Responding to Concerns Over Ryan White Emergency Housing Policy
Numerous studies show the essential role of housing in ensuring that people living with HIV/AIDS receive appropriate care. In that spirit, the Health Resources and Services Administration has rescinded enforcement of its 24-month cumulative cap on short-term and emergency housing assistance under the Ryan White program.
- February 7, 2010 at 3:45 PM EDT
Administration Funds New HIV Prevention Initiative Targeting Gay and Bisexual Men
The President's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget makes clear that HIV/AIDS remains an Administration priority with an increase of $71 million in funding for prevention and care.
ONAP MILESTONES
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ONAP reconvenes the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). First meeting February 2, 2010 / Watch the video
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Elimination of the HIV entry ban, which became effective on January 4, 2010
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Held expert meetings at the White House on Youth and HIV, Women and HIV, and Housing and HIV in December 2009.
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Announced that the International AIDS Conference will return to the United States (Washington, DC) in July 2012 for the first time in more than 20 years on November 30, 2009.
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President signed a four-year reauthorization of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program on October 30, 2009.
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Commissioned Institute of Medicine in October 2009 to conduct a series of policy analyses to examine which federal, state and private insurance policies restrict expanded HIV testing, access to care for persons living with HIV, and HIV provider capacity.
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Held 14 HIV/AIDS Community Discussions across the country from mid-August through mid-December.
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Released video message from the President to urge Americans to get tested for HIV on National HIV Testing Day on June 27, 2009.
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Launched five-year Act Against AIDS campaign with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in April 2009.
From the press office
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November 30, 2009 4:34 PM EDT
Secretaries Hillary Rodham Clinton and Kathleen Sebelius, Ambassador Eric Goosby and Valerie Jarrett Review Obama Administration Efforts on HIV/AIDS
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November 25, 2009 9:29 PM EDT
Presidential Proclamation-- World AIDS Day
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October 30, 2009 12:31 PM EDT
Remarks by the President at Signing of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009
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October 11, 2009 11:39 AM EDT
Remarks by the President at Human Rights Campaign Dinner
