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Advocacy & Policy

Effective care for women and girls living with HIV requires active engagement with governmental policies that affect this growing population.

Some of our most recent work includes:

  • Co-leading the National Strategy Group on Trauma-informed Primary Care that includes a group of trauma experts, government officials, policy makers and community organizations.
  • Presenting our research to the White House Federal Interagency Working Group on the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence Against Women and Girls and Gender-related Health Disparities and being a featured speaker at the launch of its final report.
  • Successfully advocating for the inclusion of a focus on trauma in the new 2015 National AIDS Strategy.
  • Expert Consultancy to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) in the effort to develop a national “toolkit” for trauma-informed primary care.
  • Formal partnerships with other prominent advocacy organizations including the Positive Women’s Network-USA, the largest organization led by and for women living with HIV; Futures Without Violence, the nation’s foremost domestic violence organization; and The Well Project, the leading patient resource for women and girls living with HIV.

About WHP

The Women’s HIV Program at UCSF has provided over 20 years of comprehensive care for women and adolescents living with HIV. Additionally, WHP conducts extensive research into trauma-informed primary care.

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350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 908
San Francisco, CA 94143

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