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Madeline Y. Sutton, MD, MPH, Rhondette L. Jones, MPH, Richard J. Wolitski, PhD, Janet C. Cleveland, MS, Hazel D. Dean, ScD, MPH and Kevin A. Fenton, MD, PhD

Madeline Y. Sutton, Rhondette L. Jones, Richard J. Wolitski, and Janet C. Cleveland are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Centers for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Hazel D. Dean and Kevin A. Fenton are with the National Centers for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, Atlanta.

Correspondence: Correspondence should be sent to Madeline Y. Sutton, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-45, Atlanta, GA 30333 (e-mail: msutton{at}cdc.gov). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking on the "Reprints/Eprints" link.

Among US racial/ethnic groups, Blacks are at the highest risk of acquiring HIV/AIDS. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Heightened National Response to Address the HIV/AIDS Crisis Among African Americans, which seeks to engage public and nonpublic partners in a synergistic effort to prevent HIV among Blacks. The CDC also recently launched Act Against AIDS, a campaign to refocus attention on the domestic HIV/AIDS crisis. Although the CDC's efforts to combat HIV/AIDS among Blacks have achieved some success, more must be done to address this crisis. New initiatives include President Obama's goal of developing a National HIV/AIDS Strategy to reduce HIV incidence, decrease HIV-related health disparities, and increase access to care, especially among Blacks and other disproportionately affected populations.