About Us
Pacific AIDS Education & Training Center
The Pacific AIDS Education & Training Center (Pacific AETC) is a member of the national AIDS Education & Training Center network, which comprises eight regional and two national centers covering all 50 states, as well as US Territories and Jurisdictions.
Pacific AETC works to expand the number and capacity of healthcare professionals and organizations in the Pacific region to provide high-quality HIV-related services, increasing access to healthcare, and reducing health disparities. We work with healthcare providers, clinics, health jurisdictions, and policymakers in Arizona, California, Hawai`i, and Nevada, as well as the US Affiliated Pacific Island Jurisdictions.
Our Mission
Our goal is to provide capacity-building services that support local priorities to improve systems of care. We work towards this goal through a robust regional network spread out over four states and the US Affiliated Pacific Jurisdictions, coordinated by our regional office.
Our Priority Activities
Training and TA: We work through a skills-development framework to train in a variety of clinical workforce settings, and provide expert capacity-building along the HIV care continuum
Practice Transformation: We provide technical assistance on how to increase chronic care screening and comprehensive prevention services through systems change, with expert capacity-building along the HIV care continuum
Interprofessional Development: We bring students from multiple health disciplines together to work in interprofessional teams to care for and treat people living with HIV
Community Engagement: Our work developed amidst a time of crisis at the onset of the HIV epidemic. It would not be what it is today without intentional, bilateral communication and a patient-centered approach
