FHI 360 began working on the front lines of HIV/AIDS awareness, intervention, research and support in the United States more than two decades ago. Our activities have focused both on individuals affected by HIV or AIDS and on communities and populations hit hardest by the epidemic. We have partnered with our funders, such as the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to multiply the impact of our programs.
Comprehensive programs and projects specific to the U.S. HIV and AIDS epidemic
- Through the Be the Generation project, we promoted new research on vaccines in communities most affected by HIV and AIDS and conducted education on HIV prevention research topics, such as microbicides, pre-exposure prophylaxis and treatment as prevention. The project also focused on increasing the capacity of community partners to use media, as well as organizational activities and initiatives to disseminate accurate biomedical information on HIV prevention research.
- We provided technical assistance to community-based organizations in ten states through the ConnectHIV program. The program produced gains in knowledge of HIV and AIDS and significantly improved health outcomes.
- FHI 360 serves as the Leadership and Operations Center for the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN). In addition, FHI 360 has been involved in numerous studies. In the HPTN 064 study, we documented an HIV incidence rate among black women that was significantly higher than the national estimate.
- As part of the Antiretroviral Treatment Access Study, we increased access to lifesaving drugs.
- Through the Diffusion of Evidence Based Interventions project, our staff managed the delivery of over 1,100 HIV prevention facilitator-training sessions. The project reached nearly 18,700 participants from more than 5,000 organizations throughout the country.
National HIV prevention social marketing campaigns
Gay and bisexual men are key populations in the United States, accounting for more than half of the 1.1 million people living with HIV in the country and two-thirds of all new HIV infections each year.
FHI 360 provides support to the CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention by leading three national social marketing campaigns that reach gay and bisexual men in the United States. This is an example of FHI 360’s expertise in working with community partners and stakeholders to reach key population in the United States.
- Start Talking. Stop HIV. is a national effort to promote effective partner communication to reduce HIV transmission by supporting HIV testing, HIV status disclosure, condom use and the use of medicines to prevent and treat HIV.
- Reasons/Razones is a national bilingual campaign to promote HIV testing among Latino gay and bisexual men.
- Testing Makes Us Stronger promotes HIV testing among black gay and bisexual men.
Collectively, FHI 360 is implementing the three campaigns, with an emphasis in the following U.S. cities and territories:
Start Talking. Stop HIV.
- Atlanta, GA
- Birmingham, AL
- Charlotte, NC
- Dallas, TX
- Jackson, MS
- Los Angeles, CA
- Miami, FL
- New Orleans, LA
- San Francisco, CA
- Seattle, WA
- Washington, DC
Reasons/Razones
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Long Beach, CA
- San Diego, CA
- San Juan, PR
Testing Makes Us Stronger
- Atlanta, GA
- Baltimore, MD
- Chicago, IL
- Houston, TX
- New Orleans, LA
- New York, NY
- Oakland, CA
- Washington, DC
