NMAC

The United States Conference on HIVAIDS (USCHA) seeks to increase the strength and diversity of the community-based response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic through education, training, new partnerships, collaboration and networking.

USCHA is the largest annual AIDS-related gathering in the U.S., bringing together thousands of workers representing all sectors and every all front of the war against this disease—from case managers and physicians,to public health workers and advocates, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) and policy-makers. They come to build national support networks, exchange the latest information and learn cutting-edge tools to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS.

NMAC’s Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit, “The Summit,” is built on the belief that the combination of PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) and TasP (Treatment as Prevention) can build real pathways to end the epidemic. NMAC cross trains and educates over 1,000 participants each year with a singular focus on biomedical HIV prevention. Through dynamic workshops and empowering plenaries, the Summit engages participants and examines implementation science that seeks to maximize the promise of PrEP, U=U, and TasP in communities hardest hit by HIV.

NMAC Training Center to End the HIV Epidemic in America (The Center) acts as an umbrella to NMAC’s training and leadership development activities. The Center is committed to working with and training health departments and community-based organizations about ending the HIV epidemic. We are committed to partner with government and non-government organizations, private sectors, health centers, hospitals and community-based organizations, health sciences and research institutions, and most importantly, community representatives within the movement.

The Center serves as a principal vehicle of HIV public health education, advocacy, and training that will empower people at all levels of HIV leadership, engagement, and workforce. The Center will offer high-quality training, tools, and resources for thousands of HIV professionals engaged in the critical work of advancing public health and improving population health.



Building Leaders of Color (BLOC) is NMAC’s national leadership training program. The program is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIVAIDS Bureau (HAB),

The BLOC training program is for people of color living with HIV (POCLWH) of all ages. The program is designed to mobilize POCLWH to be actively engaged in the community planning process. The program looks to train POCLWH leaders on HIV service planning, the HIV Care Continuum, and service delivery systems of care. Graduates will help expand the capacity of HIV prevention and care service delivery systems – including Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) providers, governmental agencies, and planning entities – to respond to the social and structural barriers to HIV prevention, care, treatment in their communities, and other mobilization efforts to address the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Goals.

BLOC targets POCLWH of all ages who identify as Black, Latinx, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, and Pacific Islander, with a special focus on transgender women of color living with HIV.

To do this work NMAC partnered with Positively Trans (T+), a program of the Transgender Law Center (TLC), the United States People Living with HIV Caucus (HIV Caucus), and Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN).

NMAC’s Youth Initiative (YI) is sponsored by ViiV Healthcare and partnered with Advocates for Youth. The program aims to assist young leaders in the fight to end the HIV epidemic, in becoming more effective and informed health advocates, and empowering them to become more active in their communities. Each year the program selects 30 qualified youths ages 21-25, both living with HIV and HIV negative allies to build their capacity to partner with a local community agency. This partnership provides education for youth to influence HIV prevention and service delivery in their communities. Youth Scholars will take part in various events through their tenure including webinars and conference call to help further develop their skills and knowledge to prepare them to lead the efforts to end the HIV epidemic in their communities and across the country. Active youth scholars will be given the opportunity for onsite training during the USCA conference, where they will be able to meet the other youth scholars and have closed sessions targeted to youth empowerment and leadership development.