Office of National AIDS Policy

The Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) coordinates the continuing domestic efforts to implement the President's National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Released in July 2010, the National HIV/AIDS Strategy seeks to reduce the number of new infections in the United States, improve health outcomes for people living with HIV, and reduce HIV-related disparities by coordinating the response across Federal agencies. In addition, the Office works to coordinate an increasingly integrated approach to the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS. As a unit of the Domestic Policy Council, ONAP coordinates with other White House offices. ONAP is led by the Director, who is appointed by the President. The current Director of ONAP is Amy Lansky.

Function

The Office of National AIDS Policy is part of the White House Domestic Policy Council and is tasked with coordinating the continuing efforts of the government to reduce the number of HIV infections across the United States. The Office emphasizes prevention through wide-ranging education initiatives and helps to coordinate the care and treatment of citizens with HIV/AIDS.

ONAP also coordinates with the National Security Council and the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, and works with international bodies to ensure that America’s response to the global pandemic is fully integrated with other prevention, care, and treatment efforts around the world. Through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) initiative, the U.S. has taken steps in responding to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, working with countries heavily impacted by HIV/AIDS to help expand access to treatment, care, and prevention.^[1]

National HIV/AIDS Strategy

In July 2010, President Obama released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States, the first comprehensive strategy to achieve a coordinated response to the domestic HIV epidemic. The Strategy is implemented across U.S. departments and agencies, including the Department Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Labor (DOL), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Strategy has four main goals:

1) To reduce new HIV infections;
2) To increase access to care and improve health outcomes for people living with HIV;
3) To reduce HIV-related disparities;
4) To achieve a more coordinated response.

List of Directors of the Office of National AIDS Policy

Parties

Democratic Republican

No.	Name	Took Office	Left Office

1	Kristine M. Gebbie	June 25, 1993 (technically "AIDS Policy Coordinator")	August 2, 1994	Bill Clinton
2	Patricia "Patsy" S. Fleming	August 2, 1994 (acting) November 10, 1994 (official)	February 1997
3	Eric P. Goosby, MD	February 1997 (acting)	April 7, 1997
4	Sandra L. Thurman, MA	April 7, 1997	January 20, 2001
5	Scott H. Evertz	April 9, 2001	July 19, 2002	George W. Bush
6	Joseph O'Neill, MD, MS, MPH	July 19, 2002	August 2003
7	Carol Thompson	August 2003 (acting) May 12, 2004 (official)	2006 (Office subsequently vacant for the remainder of the administration)
8	Jeffrey Crowley, MPH	February 26, 2009	December 20, 2011	Barack Obama
9	Grant Colfax, MD	March 14, 2012	January 13, 2014
10	Douglas M. Brooks, MSW	March 23, 2014	March 16, 2016
11	Amy Lansky, PhD	March 16, 2016	Incumbent

References

↑ "About ONAP". Office of National AIDS Policy. White House. Retrieved 2010-02-26.

External links

Office of White House Policy

Domestic Policy Council Office of National AIDS Policy Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Office of Health Reform Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation National Economic Council

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