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 regarding programs, policies, and research to promote effective treatment, prevention and cure of HIV disease and AIDS, including considering common co-morbidities of those infected with HIV as needed to promote effective HIV prevention and treatment and quality services to persons living with HIV disease and AIDS.

The White House asks PACHA to provide, on an ongoing basis, recommendations on how to effectively implement the Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy, as well as monitor the Strategy's implementation.

Read more about PACHA.

Meetings/Announcements

Information on the next meeting and/or current announcements about PACHA are provided here.

February 10-11, 2020

Location: Washington, DC

PACHA Communication with the HHS Office for Civil Rights

• HHS OCR Director’s letter to PACHA (October 2019) (PDF 246 KB)
• PACHA reply to HHS OCR Director (December 2019) (PDF 577 KB)

October 21-22, 2019

Location: Miami, Florida

• Full Council Summary (PDF 8.2 MB)
• Federal Register Notice
• Agenda (PDF 161 KB)
• PACHA Resolution for Future Funding for EHE (PDF 552 KB)
• PACHA Resolution for Robust Community Engagement in EHE (PDF 529 KB)
• PACHA Resolution on Innovation in EHE (PDF 559 KB)
• Slides
  • Ending the HIV Epidemic: Implementation Overview (Beckham) (PDF 822 KB)
  • Working With Hispanic/LatinX Communities Affected By HIV (Chacón) (PDF 2.7 MB)
  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Updates Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (Cheever) (PDF 691 KB)
  • 65th Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (Gandotra) (PDF 1.7 MB)
  • Ending the HIV Epidemic: Work of the NIH to Ensure Continued Community Engagement (Goodenow) (PDF 2.4 MB)
  • Indicators for Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative (Harris) (PDF 425 KB)
  • Ending the HIV Epidemic in Indian Country (Haverkate) (PDF 1.2 MB)
  • Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Focus on U.S. Latinx Communities (McCray) (PDF 1.3 MB)
  • Ending The HIV Epidemic in Puerto Rico Addressing the Unique Needs (Melendez-Rivera) (PDF 1.4 MB)
  • Epidemiology of HIV in Puerto Rico and the Territory’s Efforts to Address the HIV Epidemic (PDF 2.2 MB)
  • Ending the HIV Epidemic in PR: The Role of CBOs (Tamayo) (PDF 1.3 MB)
  • Eleminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in HIV Prevention and Care (Wu) (PDF 325 KB)
• View the video of the meeting

July 8-9, 2019

Location: Jackson, Mississippi

• Full Council Summary (PDF 736 KB)
• Federal Register Notice
• Agenda (PDF 240 KB)
• Slides
  • Ending the HIV Epidemic: Addressing Challenges Specific to the Rural South (Mena) (PDF 816 KB)
  • Ending the HIV Epidemic Planning: Lessons Learned (McNeese) (PDF 3.6 MB)
  • Ending the HIV Epidemic: Lessons Learned and Thoughts from Jurisdictions with END AIDS Plans (Golden) (PDF 946 KB)
  • Developing a Plan Towards Ending the HIV Epidemic (EtHE) in Alabama: A Work in Progress (Mugavero) (PDF 1.9 MB)
  • Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS MeetingJuly 9, 2019 (Beckham) (PDF 2.5 MB)
  • HIV in the South (McCray) (PDF 2.7 MB)
  • Pathways To Prevention: A Toolkit For Cool Teens (Crenshaw) (PDF 1.1 MB)
• View the video of the meeting

March 2019

• Full Council Summary (PDF 368 KB)
• Federal Register Notice
• Agenda (PDF 91 KB)
• Resolution (PDF 125 KB)
• Slides
  • Status of the HIV Epidemic: What Do the Data Say? (PDF 2 MB)
  • Presentation on Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (PDF 3.1 MB)
  • National Strategies: Roadmaps for a Healthier Nation – Updating the National HIV Strategy and the National Viral Hepatitis Action Plan (PDF 883 KB)
• View the video of the meeting

December 2017

• Nominations sought for PACHA
• Read a related blog post

Information about prior PACHA meetings and recommendations is provided on this page.

Nominations

How the Council Performs Its Work

Temporary subcommittees consisting of members of the parent committee 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 four subcommittees: The Incidence Subcommittee, Access to Care Subcommittee, 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 HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease 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, with the advance approval of a full-time Government official, who also approves the agenda. A Government official is present at all meetings.

E-mail List

PACHA maintains a self-subscribing mail list for sending HIV/AIDS-related information periodically to those who subscribe. To join this list, send an e-mail message to:

• listserv@list.nih.gov
• with no subject and a message with the following format:
• SUBSCRIBE PACHA_LIST

To remove your name from the list send an e-mail message to:

• listserv@list.nih.gov
• with no subject and the following message:
• UNSUBSCRIBE PACHA_LIST

Since this list is self-maintaining, if you change e-mail addresses you should unsubscribe the old address and subscribe again with the new address.