Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
Who is PACHA?
The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) was established to provide policy recommendations on the U.S. Government’s response to the AIDS epidemic.
Meetings & Registration
The 40th Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS’ (PACHA) meeting tentatively scheduled for September 2010:
Dates & times TBD
National HIV/AIDS Strategy
In the United States, many advocacy groups and AIDS service organizations have called for a comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy. All Federal Departments and agencies with HIV/AIDS programs work together to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but there is currently no concrete national strategy to guide those efforts.
About PACHA
Mission of PACHA:
The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) provides advice, information, and recommendations to the Secretary regarding programs and policies intended to promote effective prevention of HIV disease, and to advance research on HIV disease and AIDS.
Policy Recommendations
HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral Guidelines
Puerto Rico HIV Emergency
Regarding Information at Time of HIV Testing
PACHA 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.