NAPWA is proud to work at the highest levels of government for effective policies and adequate funding to end new HIV infections in America. It's an exciting time. It will take major national commitment, but for the first time in thirty years of HIV in America, we can say, Yes, we can make new infections a thing of the past.

NAPWA is also proud to to provide CDC-funded capacity building assistance to public health departments, community-based organizations and AIDS service organizations on the ground, helping them build effective HIV awareness, prevention, testing, and and linkage to care programs. Our SABER Community Mobilization for Hispanics, Positive African American Network (PAAN), Positive Youth Institute, and Women's Institute programs help health departments, communities, and individuals build capacity to reach specific populations with high-impact, culturally appropriate HIV prevention,testing, and linkage to care programs. Our Bayard Rustin Project and Consumer Advocacy Project are best-practices models for reaching high-risk populations through social networks and supporting the testing-to-care-plus continuum. Learn how to request NAPWA CDC-funded capacity building assistance from NAPWA.

We're proud of what we do. What we do is what we are, and we invite you to help us do it. You don't have to be living with HIV to join NAPWA. You just have to believe we really can end this epidemic.

Frank J. Oldham, Jr.
President and CEO

As a woman of color living with HIV, the mother of a child born HIV-positive, and a caregiver, I know firsthand the personal cost of HIV and AIDS. As Chair of NAPWA's Board of Trustees, I also know we have an historic opportunity: we are within reach of a generation without HIV. It will take tremendous dedication and resources - education, prevention and testing services, linkage of all HIV-positive people to care, continuing research into new medications and a real cure, and a level healthcare playing field for all Americans. Help us advocate for 1.3 million Americans living with HIV, educating policy makers, the HIV care community, and all Americans, so we can make the dream come true: a generation in which the virus is no longer being transmitted and goes extinct.

Michelle Lopez
Chair, Board of Trustees