Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
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 about PACHA on the AIDS.gov blog.
Meetings/Announcements
60th Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS' meeting: September 26-27
September 2016
- Federal Register Notice (PDF 178 KB)
- Agenda: (PDF 51 KB)
- US Conference on AIDS Agenda: (PDF 55 KB)
May 2016
- Federal Register Notice (PDF 170 KB)
- Agenda: (PDF 77 KB)
- Meeting Minutes (PDF 154 KB)
- Full Council Summary (PDF 150 KB)
January 2016
- Federal Register Notice
- Agenda: (PDF 101 KB)
December 2015
- Federal Register Notice
- Agenda: (PDF 60 KB)
- Meeting Minutes (PDF 54 KB)
- Conference Call Summary (PDF 83 KB)
September 2015
- Federal Register Notice
- Agenda: (PDF 60 KB)
- Full Council Summary (PDF 2 MB)
- U.S. Conference on AIDS Seminar (PDF 251 KB)
May 2015
- Federal Register Notice
- Full Council Summary (PDF 216 KB)
- Agenda: (PDF 50 KB)
- Agenda Day 2: (PDF 70 KB)
- Meeting Minutes (PDF 204 KB)
February 2015
- Federal Register Notice
- Agenda: (PDF 112 KB)
- Meeting Summary: (PDF 326 KB)
September 2014
- Agenda: (PDF 99 KB)
- Federal Register Notice (PDF 172 KB)
- Full Meeting Summary: (PDF 365 KB)
February 2014
- Federal Register Notice
- Agenda: (PDF 101 KB)
- Full Council Summary (PDF 376 KB)
September 2013
- Achieving An AIDS-Free Generation: (PDF 3.24 MB)
- Federal Register Notice
- Full Meeting Summary: (PDF 358 KB)
- Agenda: (PDF 122 KB)
April 2013
- Federal Register Notice
- Agenda: (PDF 125 KB)
- Full Meeting Summary: (PDF 303 KB)
March 2013
February 2013
- Authorization to Publish Notice of a Meeting: (PDF 126KB)
- Agenda: (PDF 100KB)
- 50th Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Meeting Minutes: February 7-8, 2013: (PDF 242KB)
January 2013
- PACHA Conference Call Agenda: (PDF 108KB)
- Resolution on Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in Ways that Meet the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) Goals: (PDF 86KB)
- Authorization to Publish Notice of a Conference Call: (PDF 126KB)
October 2012
- Federal Register Notice: (PDF 66KB)
- Agenda: (PDF 103 KB)
July 2012
- PACHA Community Engagement Session: (PDF 21 KB)
- Agenda: (PDF 80 KB)
May 2012
- Federal Register Notice: (PDF 22 KB)
- Agenda: (PDF 98 KB)
- Meeting Minutes: (PDF 474 KB)
February 2012
- Federal Register Notice: (PDF 25 KB)
- Agenda: (PDF 57 KB)
- National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation Recommendations: (PDF 245 KB)
- National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation Recommendations Summary: (PDF 135 KB)
- Full Meeting Summary: (PDF 496 KB)
November 2011
- Federal Register Notice: (PDF 67 KB)
- World AIDS Day Statement (PDF 74 KB)
September 2011
- Meeting Summary: (PDF 745 KB)
- Federal Register Notice: (PDF 21 KB)
- Meeting Agenda: (PDF 79 KB)
Public Private Partnerships Presentations:
- John Barnes: (PDF 1.2 MB)
- Michael Joyner: (PDF 1.49 MB)
Health Department CDC FOA Presentations:
- Eva Margolies: (PDF 190 KB)
- Julie Scofield: (PDF 127 KB)
- Israel Nieves-Rivera: (PDF 2.39 MB)
Metrics Workgroup and Update:
- Andrew Forsyth: (PDF 406 KB)
- Irene Hall: (PDF 1 MB)
HPTN 052
- Myron Cohen: (PDF 1.67 MB)
- Carlos Del Rio: (PDF 2.93 MB)
Youth and HIV:
- Bill Kapogiannis: (PDF 2.58 MB)
- John Douglas: (PDF 1.35 MB)
- Margarita Figueroa-Gonzalez: (PDF 125 KB)
- Elizabeth Siegel: PDF (779 KB)
- Deborah von Zinkernagel (Pepfar): (PDF 1.16 MB)
- Evelyn Kappeler: (PDF 176 KB)
- Miguel Gomez: (PDF 1.7 MB)
August 2011
- Federal Register Notice: (PDF 16 KB)
- Letter to the President: (PDF 237 KB)
- Letter to the Secretary: (PDF 601 KB)
May 2011
- Meeting Summary: (PDF 138 KB)
- Federal Register Notice: (PDF 16 KB)
- Agenda: (PDF 78 KB)
January 2011
- Meeting Summary: (PDF 542 KB)
- Federal Register Notice: (PDF 21 KB)
- Draft Agenda: (PDF 84 KB)
- Resolution Recommending Increased Funding Towards HIV/AIDS Prevention (PDF 24 KB)
- PACHA Resolution Regarding HIV Testing (PDF 65 KB)
September 2010
- Meeting Minutes: (PDF 189 KB)
- Agenda: (PDF 85 KB)
- Federal Register Notice: (PDF 24 KB)
Presentations:
- Considering the Impact of Stigma on HIV Prevention in Relationship to National HIV AIDS Strategy: (PDF 2.4 MB)
- FDA HIV/AIDS Budget: (PDF 322 KB)
- Addressing Social Determinants of HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB: (PDF 1.25 MB)
June 2010
- Meeting Minutes: (PDF 181 KB)
- Notice: (PDF 17 KB)
- Agenda: (PDF 14 KB)
- Resolution Regarding Timely Access to Live-Saving Care and Treatment (PDF 18 KB)
April 2010
- Meeting Minutes: (PDF 189 KB)
- Notice: (PDF 35 KB)
- Agenda: (PDF 65 KB)
- Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS- HIV Positive Black Women: (PDF 694 KB)
- Incidence Subcommittee Update: (PDF 274 KB)
- The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: (PDF 1.44 MB)
February 2010
- Meeting Minutes: (PDF 165 KB)
- Video: Swearing in of Secretary Sebelius
March 2009
- PACHA – Thirty-Seventh Meeting (PDF)
- Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Thirty-seventh Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- Biomedical Prevention of HIV in Women: Microbicides and PrEP (PDF)
- Creating New Ryan White Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care and Services Legislation 2009 Report (PDF)
- HIV and Health Care Reform (PDF)
- The HIV/AIDS Community and Next Steps for The Ryan White CARE Act (PDF)
- HIV/AIDS Surveillance Update (PDF)
- Palliative Care/Care & Support for HIV/AIDS (PDF)
October 2008
- PACHA - 36th Full Council Meeting (PDF)
- Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Thirty-sixth Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- CDC’s HIV Testing Initiatives (PDF)
- Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS: New Vaccine Initiatives (PDF)
- Drug Treatment Regimens (PDF)
- Impact of 2006 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act on the New York Eligible Metropolitan Area (PDF)
- Ryan White C Reauthorization: Impact on UW Health HIV Care Program (PDF)
March 2008
- Thirty-fifth Council Meeting Minutes (PDF)
- HIV/AIDS in the United States: An Update (PDF)
- Implementing the new Ryan White H I V/AIDS Program (PDF)
- National AIDS Strategy Resolution (PDF)
- NIMH HIV Prevention Research (PDF)
- Presidential Advisory Council on H I V /AIDS (PDF)
- Women’s Empowerment and Containing the HIV Epidemic (PDF)
Policy Recommendations
May 2016
Letter to the Secretary regarding Food and Nutrition Services (PDF 249 KB)
Letter to the Secretary regarding the Adolescent Trials Network III (PDF 246 KB)
December 2015
September 2015
Letter to Secretary Burwell regarding the Updated Strategy and Social Determinants of Health (PDF 324 KB)
June 2015
Letter to the Secretary Informing of a Joint Resolution Passed by PACHA and CHAC (PDF 363 KB)
HCV letter from Nancy Mahon to the President and Secretary Burwell (PDF 3.1 MB)
May 2015
Recommended Updates to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (PDF 250KB)
February 2013
HIV Disclosure Summit (PDF 463KB)
Resolution on Ending Federal and State HIV-Specific Criminal Laws, Prosecutions, and Civil Commitments: (PDF 42KB)
Joint Letter to Secretary Sebelius: (PDF 258KB)
Letter to Secretary Sebelius Regarding Expanding Care: (PDF 417KB)
Informing Secretary Sebelius of the Resolutions Passed at the Feb. 7-8 Meeting: (PDF 777KB)
Resolution on the Needs of Male-Bodied American Indian/Alaska Native Individuals: (PDF 24KB)
Resolution on Effectively Addressing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Transgender Populations: (PDF 66KB)
January 2013
May 2012
Resolution on the Needs of Women Living with HIV (PDF 76 KB)
Resolution: Support Comprehensive Sex Education for Our Nation's Youth (PDF 90 KB)
PACHA Letter to Secretary Sebelius (PDF 149 KB)
PACHA Syringe Exchange Letter to President Obama (PDF 69 KB)
September 2011
Requesting Federal Activities to Eliminate HIV Health Disparities Among Black MSM PDF - (15 KB)
August 2011
Letter to the President (PDF 237KB)
Letter to the Secretary (PDF 601KB)
January 2011
Res. Recommending Increased Funding Towards HIV/AIDS Prevention (PDF 24KB)
PACHA Resolution Regarding HIV Testing (PDF 65KB)
June 2010
Resolution Regarding Timely Access to Live-Saving Care and Treatment (PDF 18 KB)
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.
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.
Last revised: 08/31/2016