National Minority AIDS Council Building Healthier Communities
Building Leadership in Communities of Color to Address HIV/AIDS
Partners
Local and National Partners
The National HIV Vaccine Research Education Initiative (NHVREI) partnership program has two approaches that will work together: the Local Partnership Program (LPP) and the NHVREI National Partners. By engaging both national and local organizations, tapping into their extensive networks, and reaching deeper into communities most affected by HIV/AIDS, the NHVREI partners will help build greater awareness of and support for HIV vaccine research and HIV vaccine clinical trial participants.
The LPP seeks to create a supportive local environment for HIV vaccine research by educating key communities about this research in localities where HIV vaccine clinical trials are ongoing or planned. Local Partners have been working for the past year in Atlanta, Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, Nashville, New York City, Philadelphia, Rochester, San Francisco, Seattle, and the District of Columbia.
The NHVREI Local Partners are:
Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee
Gay Alliance of Genesee Valley
SafeGuards Project / LGBT Health Resource Center
The NHVREI National Partners are:
AIDS Action Foundation: A national organization dedicated to the development, analysis, cultivation, and encouragement of sound policies and programs in response to the HIV epidemic.
AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth and Families: A national organization whose mission is to advance the partnership between consumers and providers and serve as the ‘voice’ of women, children, youth, and families living with and affected by HIV and AIDS.
National AIDS Education Services for Minorities: A national organization whose mission is to educate communities of color on the facts about HIV/AIDS and to make health care and social services available to people of color with early or advanced stages of HIV/AIDS regardless of sexual orientation.
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors: A national membership organization representing state and territorial AIDS directors who serve every population affected by and infected with HIV and viral hepatitis in the United States.
National Minority AIDS Council: A national organization dedicated to developing leadership within communities of color to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS.
An orientation and training meeting with the National and Local Partners was held in Washington, DC on March 18-20. The meeting featured presentations from Dr.Carl Dieffenbach, NIAID Director for the Division of AIDS (DAIDS); Dr. Peggy Johnston, Director of the DAIDS Vaccine Research Program; Dr. Victoria Cargill, Director of Minority Research and Clinical Studies at the Office of AIDS Research; Dr. Katharine Kripke, Assistant Director of the Vaccine Research Program and other NIH leaders. During the three days, the partners came together to share their experiences and learn new information about the HIV vaccine research landscape.