Social Determinants of Health
The U.S. government has also made strides in
collaborations to deal with HIV in the social environment.
For instance, (a) an interagency work group
supported initiatives to examine and change the
ways in which violence against women affects
the HIV epidemic, (b) the Department of Justice
issued a guide to reform criminal laws that have
contributed to the expansion of HIV and to discrimination
against PLWH, (c) the government has funded
projects to decrease barriers to services and care
through the Minority AIDS Initiative (White House
Office of National AIDS Policy, 2015), and (d) the
Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (2015)
has advocated for federally funded needle and syringe
exchange programs.