[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2883-2884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01695]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Request for Information (RFI): Improving Efficiency,
Effectiveness, Coordination, and Accountability of HIV and Viral
Hepatitis Prevention, Care, and Treatment Programs
AGENCY: Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Both the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) and the National
Viral Hepatitis Action Plan (NVHAP) expire in 2020. The Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious
Disease Policy (OHAIDP), in collaboration with federal partners, is
leading development of the next iterations of these two separate and
distinct national strategies. To help inform the next iterations of the
NHAS and NVHAP, HHS seeks input from external stakeholders for
improving efficiency, effectiveness, coordination, and accountability
of HIV and viral hepatitis prevention, care, treatment, and cure
policies, services, and programs.
DATES: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at the
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address provided below, no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on March 11, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Electronic responses are strongly preferred and may be
addressed to [email protected]. Written responses should be
addressed to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Room L001,
330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20024. Attention HIV/Viral Hepatitis
RFI.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathan Fecik, MPH regarding HIV or
Corinna Dan, RN, MPH regarding viral hepatitis, in the Office of HIV/
AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, (202) 795-7697.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NHAS and NVHAP have served as roadmaps
for the national response to HIV and viral hepatitis in the United
States. They have been of great value in establishing and monitoring
indicators of progress toward important national public health goals,
setting expectations, identifying opportunities for stakeholder
engagement across sectors, and improving transparency and
accountability. As a nation, we have made significant progress toward
achieving the goals for both strategies, but ongoing challenges and
disparities remain.
The NHAS and the NVHAP were developed with input from nonfederal
stakeholders who are committed to working toward shared national goals
and aligning efforts across sectors. The strategies allow flexibility
to adapt to: Scientific advances; changes in the needs of people with
and at-risk for these infections; emerging threats to our progress
toward eliminating HIV and viral hepatitis, such as the opioid crisis;
and other factors including social determinants of health and stigma
that affect the health of people with and at risk for these infections.
This request for information seeks public input on improving
efficiency, effectiveness, coordination, and accountability of HIV and
viral hepatitis prevention, care, treatment, and cure policies,
services, and programs at all levels and for all types of stakeholders.
The feedback received will inform the next edition of two separate
strategies: (1) The National HIV/AIDS Strategy; and (2) the National
Viral Hepatitis Action Plan. Please indicate the national strategy to
which each comment applies. If submitting comments for both strategies
please submit two separate responses. Topics of interest include, but
are not limited to, the following:
(1a) What components of the NHAS do you think should be maintained?
What changes should be made to the NHAS? This may include changes to
the structure, goals, and indicators, key areas of focus and/or
populations, and annual reporting processes by federal agencies. This
may also include areas of the current strategy that should be scaled
back or areas of the current strategy that should be expanded or scaled
up.
(1b) What components of the NVHAP do you think should be
maintained? What changes should be made to the NVHAP? This may include
changes to the structure, goals, and indicators, key areas of focus
and/or populations, and annual reporting processes by federal agencies.
This may also include areas of the current strategy that should be
scaled back or areas of the current strategy that should be expanded or
scaled up.
(2a) Specific recommendations you think will improve the
efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, and impact of the national
response to HIV.
(2b) Specific recommendations you think will improve the
efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, and impact of the national
response to viral hepatitis.
(3a) What specific actions should the federal government and others
take to improve the coordination of funding and delivery of HIV
services?
(3b) What specific actions should the federal government and others
take to improve the coordination of funding and delivery of viral
hepatitis services?
(4a) What monitoring and evaluation strategies would further
improve HIV prevention, care, and treatment?
(4b) What monitoring and evaluation strategies would further
improve viral hepatitis prevention, care, and treatment?
Dated: January 29, 2019.
Tammy R. Beckham,
Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-01695 Filed 2-7-19; 8:45 am]
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