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The National Clinician Consultation Center, part of UCSF’s Department of Family and Community Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital, is funded through grants and partnerships with a number of federal and state agencies that support its mission to improve healthcare provider capacity through clinical consultation and education. The NCCC is part of the AIDS Education and Training Centers Program (AETCs), funded by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)’s HIV/AIDS Bureau, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Center accepts no funding from pharmaceutical or medical device organizations.
Health Resources and Services Administration
HRSA has been a leader in providing support for HIV care since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic and is the NCCC’s primary funder through its Ryan White HIV/AIDS Education and Training Center Program. HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program provides a comprehensive system of HIV primary care medical care, medications and essential support services for eligible people with HIV. The program is estimated to reach half a million people with HIV s annually and is the largest federally funded HIV program in the nation, filling gaps in care not met by other payers.
University of California, San Francisco
The NCCC is a part of the University of California, San Francisco’s Department of Family and Community Medicine (FCM) located at San Francisco General Hospital, institutions that have been leaders in providing HIV/AIDS services since early in the epidemic. Through consultation and collaboration, the NCCC supports FCM’s mission to educate students and residents in family medicine, with an emphasis on meeting the needs of the economically disadvantaged and the medically underserved; to advance knowledge in family and community medicine; and develop methods of primary care that are effective, efficient and accessible to all people.
Learn more about UCSF and the Department of Family and Community Medicine.
AIDS Education and Training Center Program
NCCC serves as the national consultation arm of the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Ryan White AETC Program. The mission of the AETC Program is to enhance the quality of HIV care outcomes for people with HIV and communities disproportionately impacted by HIV across the United States and its territories. The AETC Program includes a network of 8 regional centers, each with multiple local partners offering tailored training and technical assistance, along with three national programs which include NCCC, the National HIV Curriculum, and the National AETC Support Center. The AETC Program serves all 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the six U.S.-affiliated Pacific Jurisdictions.
Learn more about the AETCs What Is the AETC Program? | HIV Education, Training & Support (video)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The NCCC receives funding from the CDC in support of its post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), routine testing, and transmission prevention consultation efforts.
Clinicalinfo.HIV.gov
Faculty members of the NCCC serve as members or panelists of the following:
- Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis
- Guidelines for the Use of ARV Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents
- Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents
- Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the U.S.
Faculty members of the NCCC serve as advisers to the following guideline groups:
- Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis after Sexual, Injection-drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV in the United States
- Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection in MSM
- Interim Guidance for Clinicians Considering the Use of Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection in Heterosexually Active Adults
- Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission Stakeholders Advisory Group
Experience Lab
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