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 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.
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.
March 29-30, 2023
PACHA’s 76th full council meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (ET) and Thursday, March 30, 2023, from 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM (ET), at the Hubert Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC.
To attend in-person, pre-registration is encouraged and you can register by emailing your name, title, and organization to PACHA@hhs.gov by close of business Wednesday, March 22, 2023.
The meeting will be livestreamed. To watch virtually, please visit https://www.hhs.gov/live/index.html.
View the meeting agenda (PDF, 166 KB).
The meeting will include a PACHA-to-the-People community engagement session on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, from 4:45 PM–5:45 PM (ET). Members of the DC-area community are especially encouraged to join in and share your ideas and feedback. The Council wants to hear ideas about how to improve our nation’s response to the domestic HIV epidemic from community members, including people with HIV and people experiencing risk for HIV, people working in programs that provide HIV prevention, testing, or care services, and other stakeholders in our local, state, and national responses to HIV. Individuals can provide their feedback in person or via video conference. To participate in this PACHA-to-the-People conversation, please register here.
PACHA will take public comment during their meeting. If you would like to provide public comment during the meeting, please register by emailing your name, title, and organization to PACHA@hhs.gov by close of business Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Pre-registration for public comments is required. If you decide you would like to provide public comment after the meeting, you may submit your written statement by emailing PACHA@hhs.gov by close of business April 5, 2023.
Read the Federal Register Notice
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.