History
The National HIV/AIDS Strategy calls for a focus on decreasing new infections, improving access to care and health outcomes, reducing disparities and achieving a more coordinated response. Workforce development is key to these goals. Ending the HIV epidemic in the United States and its territories will only be accomplished when significant health care system and HIV workforce challenges are addressed.
Even if all people living with HIV were diagnosed and linked to care, challenges remain with the capacity of the current system of care. Many of the original HIV workforce are now retiring. The successes made in treatment have meant a community living longer with HIV but also experiencing comorbidities experienced with age and presenting as more complex patients. The rapid translation of science into evidence-based practice standards is key to quality care.
Filling the gap of well-trained HIV health workforce is a crucial step toward the elimination of HIV in the U.S.
Organization Structure
Executive Committee
Vanessa Carson-Sasso, MSW
President
Prescott Chow, MUP
Vice President
Tracy Tessmann Jungwirth, MA
Secretary
Amanda Wilkins, MPA
Treasurer
External Affairs Committee Chair
Laurie Sylla, MHSA
Program Committee Chair
Daria Boccher-Lattimore, DrPH