The purpose of the NCCC program is to provide rapid, expert, and culturally competent clinical consultation and advice to health care team members on a wide range of HIV and HIV-related topics.
The NCCC, using a combination of various funding sources, provides services through telephone-based
warmlines, a hotline, and internet-based educational consultation services in the following clinical areas:
• General HIV prevention, care, and treatment, including diagnosis, testing, and antiretroviral therapy.
• Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
• Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).
• Treatment and management of Hepatitis B and C and HIV coinfections.
• Treatment and management of substance use disorders in people with or at risk for HIV.
• Perinatal HIV care and management.
The NCCC provides expert consultation that demonstrates an understanding of the HIV epidemic in a variety of locations including:
• EHE jurisdictions.
• Rural areas.
• Areas disproportionately impacted by substance use disorders including opioid use disorder, and other co-morbidities.
• Communities where a large number of the people with HIV identify as a non-white racial or ethnic group.
The goals for the NCCC align with those of the RWHAP Part F AETC Program, which are:
• Goal 1:
Expand the number of health care team members providing HIV care and prevention services, including providers with different backgrounds or experiences.
• Goal 2:
Expand the ability of health care team members to provide effective HIV care and prevention services.
• Goal 3:
Improve health equity by integrating HIV care and prevention in primary care and other health care settings that provide services to underserved populations.
• Goal 4:
Enhance the capacity of the AETC Program to train health care team members to serve people at risk for or with HIV.