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{{Short description|American government office}}
The '''Office of National AIDS Policy''', established under President Clinton in 1993, coordinates the continuing domestic efforts to implement the [[President of the United States|President]]'s National [[HIV/AIDS]] Strategy.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9e3CgAAQBAJ&q=Clinton+establish+ONAP&pg=PA114|title=Contested Epidemics: Policy Responses In Brazil And The Us And What The Brics Can Learn|last=J|first=Gomez Eduardo|date=2014-09-17|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=9781783265169|language=en}}</ref> In addition, the office works to coordinate an increasingly integrated approach to the prevention, care and treatment of [[AIDS|HIV/AIDS]]. As a unit of the [[Domestic Policy Council]], the Office of National AIDS Policy coordinates with other [[White House Office|White House]] offices. It is led by a director, who is appointed by the president.

Following the inauguration of President Trump on January 20, 2017, the website for the Office of National AIDS Policy became inaccessible and it was reported the office was closed with the departure of the previous director, Amy Lansky, with no clear plans if or when President Trump planned to reopen it.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.queerty.com/report-trump-closes-white-house-office-aids-policy-20170120|title=Report: Trump closes down White House Office of AIDS Policy|last=Tracer|first=Dan|newspaper=Queerty|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-23}}</ref> In June 2017, six members of the council filed letters of resignation,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/opinion/donald-trump-women-reproductive-rights.html|title=Opinion {{!}} The Playboy President and Women's Health|last=Goldberg|first=Michelle|date=2017-07-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-11-20|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> citing that above all things the current administration "...simply does not care..." about the HIV/AIDS situation in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/trump-doesnt-care-about-hiv-were-outta-here-626285|title=Trump doesn't care about HIV. We're outta here|date=2017-06-16|work=Newsweek|access-date=2017-11-20|language=en}}</ref>

==Function==
The Office of National AIDS Policy is part of the White House Domestic Policy Council and is tasked with coordinating the continuing efforts of the government to reduce the number of HIV infections across the United States. The office emphasizes prevention through wide-ranging education initiatives and helps to coordinate the care and treatment of citizens with HIV/AIDS.{{cn|date=March 2022}}

The Office of National AIDS Policy also coordinates with the National Security Council and the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator at the Department of State, and works with international bodies to ensure that America's response to the global pandemic is fully integrated with other prevention, care, and treatment efforts around the world. Through the U.S. [[President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief]] (PEPFAR) initiative, the U.S. has taken steps in responding to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, working with countries heavily impacted by HIV/AIDS to help expand access to treatment, care, and prevention.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/eop/onap/about |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |title=About ONAP |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |access-date=2010-02-26}}</ref>

==National HIV/AIDS Strategy==
In July 2010, [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States, the first comprehensive strategy to achieve a coordinated response to domestic HIV.  The National HIV/AIDS Strategy sought to reduce the number of new infections in the [[United States]], improve health outcomes for people living with HIV, and reduce HIV-related disparities by coordinating the response across Federal agencies. The strategy was implemented across U.S. departments and agencies, including the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department Health and Human Services]], [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]], [[United States Department of Labor|Department of Labor]], [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|Housing and Urban Development]], and [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans Affairs]]. The strategy had four main goals:{{cn|date=March 2022}}
* 1) To reduce new HIV infections
* 2) To increase access to care and improve health outcomes for people living with HIV
* 3) To reduce HIV-related disparities
* 4) To achieve a more coordinated response

==List of directors of the Office of National AIDS Policy==
; Parties
[[File:P072612PS-1151 (7656584878).jpg|thumb|right|280px|President [[Barack Obama]] talks with Director '''Grant Colfax''' before the White House International AIDS Conference reception, 2012]]
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!Image
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
!colspan="2"|[[President of the United States|President(s)]]
|-
|–
|[[File:Kristine Gebbie (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| align="left" |''[[Kristine Gebbie|Kristine M. Gebbie]]''<br>''(AIDS Policy Coordinator)''
|June 25, 1993
|August 2, 1994
| rowspan="4" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Bill Clinton]]
|-
|1
|
| align="left" |[[Patricia Fleming|Patricia "Patsy" S. Fleming]]
|''August 2, 1994 (acting)''<br>November 10, 1994 (official)
|February 1997
|-
|–
|[[File:Eric Goosby - 2017 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| align="left" |''[[Eric Goosby|Eric P. Goosby]], MD (acting)''
|''February 1997''
|''April 7, 1997''
|-
|2
|
| align="left" |Sandra L. Thurman, MA
|April 7, 1997
|January 20, 2001
|-
|3
|
| align="left" |[[Scott Evertz|Scott H. Evertz]]
|April 9, 2001
|July 19, 2002
| rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="3" |[[George W. Bush]]
|-
|4
|
| align="left" |Joseph O'Neill, MD, MS, MPH
|July 19, 2002
|August 2003
|-
|5
|[[File:Carol Thompson.jpg|70px]]
| align="left" |[[Carol Thompson]]
|''August 2003 (acting)''<br>May 12, 2004 (official)
|February 10, 2006
|-
|6
|[[File:Jeffrey Crowley (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| align="left" |[[Jeffrey Crowley]], MPH
|February 26, 2009
|December 20, 2011
| rowspan="4" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="4" | [[Barack Obama]]
|-
|7
|[[File:Grant Colfax (7489130070).jpg|70px]]
| align="left" |Grant Colfax, MD
|March 14, 2012
|January 13, 2014
|-
|8
|
| align="left" |Douglas M. Brooks, MSW
|March 24, 2014
|March 24, 2016
|-
|9
|[[File:Amy Lansky academic.jpg|70px]]
| align="left" |[[Amy Lansky]], PhD, MPH
|March 25, 2016
|January 4, 2017
|-
|10
|
| align="left" |Harold J. Phillips, MRP
|June 7, 2021
| January 19, 2024<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-01-18 |title=AIDS United salutes Harold Phillips upon his departure from ONAP |url=https://aidsunited.org/aids-united-salutes-harold-phillip-upon-his-departure-from-onap/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=[[AIDS United]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
| rowspan="4" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="5" |[[Joe Biden]]
|-
|11
|
|align="left" |Francisco Ruiz
|April 8, 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcoming Francisco Ruiz as the Next Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy |url=https://www.hiv.gov/blog/welcoming-francisco-ruiz-as-the-next-director-of-the-white-house-office-of-national-aids-policy |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=HIV.gov |language=en}}</ref>
|''Incumbent''
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[National Commission on AIDS]]
* [[Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS]]
* [[President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic]]
* [[President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/eop/onap Office of National AIDS Policy webpage]
* [http://www.aids.gov AIDS.gov - The U.S. Federal Domestic HIV/AIDS Resource] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602120207/https://www.aids.gov/ |date=2017-06-02 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19991123222842/http://hivtest.org/ HIVtest.org - Find an HIV testing site near you]

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