title: A SWOT Analysis of the Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the U.S., 2015-2020.
abstract: In July 2015, President Barack Obama released an updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) for the United States to guide HIV efforts through the year 2020. A federal action plan to accompany the updated NHAS will be released in December 2015. In this editorial, we offer a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis with the aim of increasing discussion of ways to truly fulfill the promise of the updated NHAS and to address barriers that may thwart it from achieving its full potential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Suite 280, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. david.r.holtgrave@jhu.edu.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Holtgrave
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Greenwald
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011635:Public Health Administration; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents
keywords: Economics; HIV; Planning; Policy