National HIV/AIDS Strategy

What is the NHAS?

On July 13, 2010 the White House released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). This ambitious plan is the nation's first-ever comprehensive coordinated HIV/AIDS roadmap with clear and measurable targets to be achieved by 2015.

Vision for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

The United States will become a place where new HIV infections are rare and when they do occur, every person regardless of age, gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or socio-economic circumstance, will have unfettered access to high quality, life-extending care, free from stigma and discrimination.

Goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

The National HIV/AIDS Strategy was developed with three primary goals in mind:

1. reducing the number of people who become infected with HIV,
2. increasing access to care and optimizing health outcomes for people living with HIV, and
3. reducing HIV-related health disparities.

Why It’s Important

Our country is at a crossroads. Right now, we are experiencing a domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic that demands a renewed commitment, increased public attention, and leadership. The National HIV/AIDS Strategy seeks to improve the national response to HIV/AIDS by setting ambitious but achievable goals for the nation to work towards by 2015 and providing a roadmap to set us on our way to those goals:

Reduce new HIV infections

1. Lower the annual number of new infections by 25%
2. Reduce HIV transmission by 30%
3. Increase the percentage of people living with HIV who know their serostatus from 79% to 90%

Increase access to care and improve health outcomes for people living with HIV

1. Increase the proportion of newly diagnosed patients linked to clinical care from 65% to 85%
2. Increase the proportion of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program clients who are in continuous care from 73% to 80%
3. Increase the number of Ryan White clients with permanent housing from 82% to 86%

Reduce HIV-related health disparities

1. Improve access to prevention and care services for all Americans
2. Increase the proportion of HIV-diagnosed gay and bisexual men with undetectable viral load by 20%
3. Increase the proportion of HIV-diagnosed Blacks with undetectable viral load by 20%
4. Increase the proportion of HIV-diagnosed Latinos with undetectable viral load by 20%