(Washington, D.C., Thursday, June 16, 2022) – The Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) plans to launch a national HIV viral suppression campaign this summer 2022 entitled “I am a Work of ART” (WOA). WOA features a diverse group of community members with HIV who share their experiences of getting into HIV care and on antiretroviral therapy (ART). The campaign is designed specifically to reach people with HIV who are not in care or in and out of care to encourage them to stay in care so they can achieve viral suppression. The campaign brings together the resources of the federal government, the expertise of the country’s leading HIV experts, and a diverse group of community members with HIV to promote the benefits of regular HIV care and achieving and maintaining viral suppression through ART.

The campaign is part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) plan which was announced in 2019 that aims to end the HIV epidemic in the United States by 2030.  The campaign conducted pilot implementation workshops with traditional and nontraditional community partners in eight priority EHE jurisdictions across the country—Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Tulsa, and Washington, DC. Through this co-creation with the community, the “I am a Work of ART” campaign is able to uniquely position the appeal in the campaign – get into care – using the language and reality of our priority populations.

Kaye Hayes discusses “I am a Work of ART”, the importance of continuing HIV care and the path to ending the HIV epidemic.