Wednesday, February 2, 2022

HHS to Host Live with Leadership Discussion in Observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP), part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), will host Live with Leadership: A Conversation Commemorating National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 7 with federal and community leaders.

The White House recently released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy which highlights Black gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, and Black women, including transgender women, as populations that are disproportionately impacted by HIV. These populations are designated in hopes that federal agencies and nonfederal stakeholders will accelerate their efforts and resources to achieve a greater impact on these communities, ensuring that no community is left behind as we fight to end the HIV/AIDS endemic.

Speakers will analyze the strategy and discuss continued efforts to address HIV in Black and African American Communities.