US Conference on HIV/AIDS

2025 USCHA Theme: Aging with HIV

The 2025 U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS will shine the light on people aging with HIV. It will be central to our program across plenaries, workshops, institutes, and other conference offerings, while also creating space for conversations about how aging with HIV affects each of us uniquely.

Our theme aims to honor people aging with HIV, examine their challenges, and learn from their living experiences. Our program will focus on the different groups living with HIV, including the pre-protease inhibitor generation, post-protease inhibitor survivors and dandelions. Our conference program has been designed to honor and learn from their history, living experiences, challenges, as well as examine and discuss solutions.

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What is USCHA?

Hosted by NMAC, #2025USCHA will be held in Washington, DC from Thursday, September 4 through Sunday, September 7, 2025. As we navigate a new political environment, being here together is more urgent than ever before. So, what is USCHA?

A platform for frontline workers to enhance your capacity building, skill development, and idea exchange.

A growing table for our movement that convenes the HIV community, workforce, government, policymakers, and industry to end the HIV epidemic.

A joyful family reunion and a safe space for our movement to celebrate each other, especially during these uncertain times.

An opportunity for sponsors and donors to be a part of supporting our work to end the epidemic and directly engage with a spectrum of essential stakeholders.

2024 USCHA Takeaways and Impact!

Why is it important to address the crucial intersection of aging and living with HIV?

The data alone makes a compelling reason to focus on people living and aging with HIV (see below).
Older people living with HIV face unique challenges; while HIV treatments have allowed many of us to live longer, we are also facing other health challenges that compound with age
Our health systems and policies are not inclusive of adults aging with HIV, and we are often left out of important services and legislations

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Data on People Aging with HIV

Of the nearly 1.1 million people living with diagnosed HIV in the United States in 2022, approximately 54% (596,044) were aged 50 and up
People aged 50 and older accounted for approximately 16% of the 38,043 new HIV diagnoses in 2022 among people ages 13 and older in the United States and six territories and associated states.
In 2022, people over age 50 with HIV made up nearly half of the over half a million clients served by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP). In addition, in 2022, 93% of clients aged 50 and older receiving RWHAP HIV medical care were virally suppressed, which was higher than the national RWHAP average (89.7%).
When compared to people without HIV, data from several studies have shown that people with HIV have about a twofold higher risk of developing Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD), and their age at incident ASCVD diagnosis is about a decade younger. Source: HIV.gov

Mental health-related problems are a growing concern in aging people with HIV, though little is known about their prevalence and consequences in this population specifically. In a study that compared a cohort of individuals aged >60 years with HIV to a historical control group of healthy older people, a heightened risk of mood disorders including anxiety and depression was noted among people with HIV. Source: HIV.gov

USCHA Goals

To continue building a table for the HIV movement that brings workforce, industry, government, and policymakers together to shape HIV programs and policies, and protect HIV funding
To learn about the latest best practices, data, innovation to improve HIV programs and service delivery
To offer sponsors and exhibitors a unified space to engage and build relationships with the HIV movement through information, messages and products.
To create a space for the HIV community to reunite and celebrate, feel safe, be loved on, and carry that back to their communities across the country

History:

The U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS, convened by NMAC, has been the focal point for our communities to be seen by each other, and for us to be heard by those who influence HIV funding and programs.

The longevity of this community gathering can be mapped to the arc of the HIV epidemic, from the early days of antiretroviral therapies for HIV treatment to lifesaving biomedical interventions like long-acting PrEP injectables for HIV prevention.

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*photo courtesy of Dami Or Photography

2025 USCHA Tracks and Areas of Focus

The 2025 USCHA theme is “Aging with HIV” and many tracks are aligned with this theme. You can pick any of these tracks to base your abstract on. While you can submit multiple abstracts, you have to select one track for each abstract.

(in alphabetical order)

View the 2025 USCHA Agenda and Tracks

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REGISTRATION

2025 USCHA will be held in Washington, D.C. from Thursday, September 4 through Sunday, September 7, 2025.

Registration is now open. Please make sure to register by July 28, 2025 as the late registration rate for ALL categories is $875.

Early Bird Deadline: June 23, 2025
Standard Deadline: July 28, 2025
Late Registration Deadline: August 18, 2025

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SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

The United States Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA) is the nation’s largest convener of community, workforce and frontline service providers, government, policymakers, and healthcare industry across the HIV movement.

As we navigate a new political environment and as the conference returns to its home base of Washington, D.C. it is a crucial time to engage your stakeholders with information, messages, and products.

Learn more!