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.

Following the inauguration of President Trump on January 20, 2017, the website for ONAP became inaccessible and it was reported the office was closed with the departure of the previous director, Amy Lansky, with no clear plans if or when President Trump planned to reopen it.

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.

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.

The web site for the Office of National AIDS Policy was disabled on the first day of the Trump administration.

List of Directors of the Office of National AIDS Policy

Parties

  Democratic   Republican

No.	Name	Took Office	Left Office	President(s)
–	Kristine M. Gebbie (AIDS Policy Coordinator)	June 25, 1993	August 2, 1994		Bill Clinton
1	Patricia "Patsy" S. Fleming	August 2, 1994 (acting) November 10, 1994 (official)	February 1997
–	Eric P. Goosby, MD (acting)	February 1997	April 7, 1997
2	Sandra L. Thurman, MA	April 7, 1997	January 20, 2001
3	Scott H. Evertz	April 9, 2001	July 19, 2002		George W. Bush
4	Joseph O'Neill, MD, MS, MPH	July 19, 2002	August 2003
5	Carol Thompson	August 2003 (acting) May 12, 2004 (official)	February 10, 2006
6	Jeffrey Crowley, MPH	February 26, 2009	December 20, 2011		Barack Obama
7	Grant Colfax, MD	March 14, 2012	January 13, 2014
8	Douglas M. Brooks, MSW	March 24, 2014	March 24, 2016
9	Amy Lansky, PhD, MPH	March 25, 2016	January 4, 2017

See also

• National Commission on AIDS
• Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
• President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic
• President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

External links

• ONAP webpage
• AIDS.gov - The U.S. Federal Domestic HIV/AIDS Resource
• HIVtest.org - Find an HIV testing site near you