National Strategy

11/17/11: H.O.M.E. and the Mary Washington Health Care’s HIV Program have officially announced their newfound partnership, alignment, and collaborative efforts in the implementation of the National Strategy in conjunction with Ozzy’s Journey.

Ozzy’s Journey is a national educational program campaign designed to eradicate the further progression and stigmas related to HIV by resurrecting the level of HIV Awareness back to the forefront of every media channel available.

The National Strategy, whose efforts are to support and accelerate comprehensive HIV and Advanced HIV Infection treatment (AIDS) planning through a cross-agency response in the 12 U.S. jurisdictions that bear the highest HIV and Advanced HIV Infection treatment burden in the country.

H.O.M.E. and Mary Washington Health Care’s HIV Program will be the first rural community based organization and health care partnership nationally to officially implement such a strategy.

Both campaigns initiatives have many similarities in their focus and common thread of stopping the further progression of HIV, reducing the infection rate, getting those infected immediate access to care, and quality of services in treatment.

Implementation Update July 2011

Learn more about the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.

One of the President’s top HIV/AIDS policy priorities is the development and implementation of a National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). There are three primary goals for the NHAS:

Reducing HIV incidence
Increasing access to care and optimizing health outcomes
Reducing HIV-related health disparities

The Administration has maintained a commitment to developing the NHAS through a process that is inclusive of a broad range of perspectives and stakeholders, and the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) has engaged public involvement via multiple channels.

Vision

Our vision for a National Strategy is a concise plan for moving the country forward. Predicated on building on what we are currently doing, it will identify a small number of high payoff action steps that need to be taken to achieve each of the President’s goals. We envision the strategy being a document that provides a roadmap for policymakers and the general public. We anticipate that the strategy will clearly describe the areas that require the most immediate change, the specific action steps that must be taken by the Federal Government and a variety of stakeholders, and specific targets for measuring our progress toward achieving the President’s goals.