By: Brandon M. Macsata, CEO, ADAP Advocacy Association
10/05/2018
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The ADAP Advocacy Association has learned from a highly credible source
that the Trump Administration will not fill the vacant director position
at the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP), nor will appointments be
made for the Presidential Advisory Commission on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). These
important leadership roles have remained unfilled since President
Barack Obama left the White House.
Earlier this year the ADAP Advocacy Association called for the appointment of
an ONAP director after Amy Lansky, ONAP's last-serving director,
stepped down. Subsequently, it has been an issue at the center of our
advocacy efforts, including a previous ADAP Blog. It should really come as no surprise that the Trump Administration, which has proven itself to not be friendly to the HIV/AIDS community, would leave ONAP vacant.
Equally troubling is how the Trump Administration solicited nominations
for PACHA, only to file them in the trash. It begs the question: Is
there no regard for our community’s input into this nation’s public
health response to the ongoing epidemic here in the United States?
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