 Today is World AIDS Day! Forty years since the first AIDS cases were reported, HIV still threatens the world. Today, the world is off track from delivering on the shared commitment to end AIDS by 2030 not because of a lack of knowledge or tools to beat AIDS, but because of structural inequalities that obstruct proven solutions to HIV prevention and treatment. Annually on December 1st, we commemorate World AIDS Day and reflect upon our worldwide response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This year's theme— Ending the HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone's Voice—highlights the Biden-Harris Administration's strong commitment to ending the HIV epidemic globally by addressing health inequities and ensuring the voices of people with HIV are central in all our work. World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988. Each year, organizations and individuals across the world bring attention to the HIV epidemic, endeavor to increase HIV awareness and knowledge, speak out against HIV stigma, and call for an increased response to move toward Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. 2021 World AIDS Day Events Wednesday, December 1 Time: 2:30 PM EST White House World AIDS Day Livestream Wednesday, December 1 Time: 11:00 AM EST HRSA's World AIDS Day 2021 Commemoration Event This virtual event will highlight stories from people with lived experience through storytelling and artistic expression. The event is open to all HRSA recipients, subrecipients, stakeholders, and federal employees. Click here to register. Thursday, December 2 Time: 10:00 AM EST U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS The U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA 2021) will feature many workshops, institutes, and plenary sessions. Workshops will address the current state of the HIV epidemic and new methods to serve our communities. Topics to be discussed include racism and race, best practices in telehealth, biomedical HIV prevention, ending the epidemic—next steps, and prioritizing people living with HIV. Click here to register. Wednesday, December 8 Time: 3:30 PM EST Live with Leadership: People, Place, Policy, & Science Matter HIV.gov is hosting a Live with Leadership conversation, People, Place, Policy, & Science Matter, on the need to take a comprehensive approach that acknowledges the role syndemics play in the HIV epidemic in the United States. Click here to register. Thursday, December 9 Time: 3:00 PM EST The Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy: What's New and What's Next? A Webinar on How to Use the Strategy This webinar will give participants an opportunity to hear how the Strategy can be used in communities to end the HIV epidemic, as well as how federal officials plan to use the Strategy within their own departments. Click here to register. For the complete list of World AIDS Day events occurring throughout December, click the link below. | |  | | 
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