About PACHA
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What is PACHA?
The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) provides advice, information, and recommendations to the Secretary of Health & Human Services regarding programs, policies, and research to promote effective treatment, prevention, and cure of HIV disease and AIDS, including considering common co-morbidities as needed to promote effective HIV diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and quality services.
This includes advice, information, and recommendations to the Secretary regarding the development and implementation of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. initiative and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
Meetings & Announcements
Information on the next and most recent meetings and/or current announcements about PACHA are provided here.
August 28-29, 2024 Meeting (Virtual)
The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) will convene for its 82nd full council meeting on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, from approximately 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (ET) and Thursday, August 29, 2024, from approximately 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (ET).
- The meeting will be open to the public and there will be a public comment session during the meeting; pre-registration is required to provide public comment. To pre-register to provide public comment, please send an email to PACHA@hhs.gov and include your name, organization, and title by close of business Wednesday, August 21, 2024. If you decide you would like to provide public comment but do not pre-register, you may submit your written statement by emailing PACHA@hhs.gov by close of business Thursday, September 5, 2024.
- The meeting will include panels on the U.S. government’s global HIV response; the science and impact of ‘‘Undetectable = Untransmittable’’ or U = U; and an Affordable Care Act risk adjustment model to expand access and uptake of PrEP.
- The agenda will be posted on this page prior to the meeting.
- Federal Register Notice
2024 PACHA Meeting Schedule
- 80th Full Council Meeting: Wednesday, March 27–Thursday, March 28 (Houston, Texas)
- 81st Full Council Meeting: Wednesday, June 5–Thursday, June 6 (Washington, DC)
- 82nd Full Council Meeting: Wednesday, August 28–Thursday, August 29 (Virtual)
- 83rd Full Council Meeting: Wednesday, December 11–Thursday, December 12 (Alabama)
Review assets from prior meetings back to 2008.
How the Council Performs Its Work
Subcommittees consisting of members of PACHA may be established to perform specific functions within the Council's jurisdiction. Subcommittees make preliminary recommendations for consideration of the full council. Currently, PACHA consists of three subcommittees: The Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Subcommittee, Stigma and Disparities Subcommittee, and the Global Subcommittee. The Department Committee Management Officer is notified upon establishment of each subcommittee and is provided information on its name, membership, function, and estimated frequency of meetings.
Management and support services are provided by the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Meetings are held at the call of the Chair(s), with the advance approval of a full-time Government official, who also approves the agenda. A Government official is present at all meetings.