    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 10123 of November 30, 2020
    World AIDS Day, 2020
    By the President of the United States of America
    A Proclamation
    Today, our Nation joins millions across the globe in remembrance of the
    precious lives lost to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired
    immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related illnesses, and we reaffirm our
    support for those living with these diseases. Thankfully, decades of
    remarkable advancements and improved understanding have put us within
    reach of ending its devastating impact. Through increased awareness,
    revolutionary prevention strategies, and safe and effective treatment
    regimens, we will soon end the AIDS epidemic once and for all.
    Over the past 40 years, HIV and AIDS have infected more than 77 million
    people worldwide and claimed no less than 35 million lives, including
    those of 700,000 Americans. Currently, there are approximately 1.2
    million people living in the United States with HIV, including roughly
    170,000 people who have not been diagnosed. Additionally, it is all too
    clear that this deadly disease disproportionately affects racial and
    ethnic minorities.
    As President, I promised to end the AIDS crisis in America within a
    decade, and I am proud to report that we are on track to meet that goal.
    In 2019, I announced Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America, a bold
    whole-of-society approach to eradicating this disease. Already, we have
    sent $227 million to cities, counties, States, local health departments,
    and community health centers to support and bolster their efforts. Under
    this plan, our Nation's scientists, researchers, and medical
    professionals have been able to identify where HIV is spreading most
    rapidly, which informs decisions about where to focus funding and
    provide support to public health officials who are addressing needs at a
    local level to eradicate AIDs. This July, as part of these efforts, the
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded $109 million to 32
    State and local health departments to support core HIV diagnosis and
    prevention activities. Additionally, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program of
    the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is continuing to
    provide those diagnosed with access to high quality, comprehensive
    primary care. Under HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care health centers
    have implemented critical early detection initiatives that have produced
    life-saving diagnoses of Americans living with HIV, saving countless
    American lives.
    Across many fronts, our response has been comprehensive--and it is
    working. Preventative measures such as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
    and syringe service programs are reducing the number of new HIV
    transmissions and, if one has already been exposed, Post-Exposure
    Prophylaxis (PEP) is helping prevent further spread of infection. In

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    2019 alone, federally funded health centers provided more than 2.7
    million HIV tests to over 2.2 million patients. The Ryan White HIV/AIDS
    Program has proven remarkably successful at viral suppression, reducing
    viral loads in 87.1 percent of its clients' cases in 2018. And the
    National Institutes of Health continues its work to develop a vaccine.

    Outside of the United States, my Administration's global response is
    being led by the world's most advanced health experts and diplomats
    through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the
    most successful health initiative in American history. When first
    launched in 2003, there were 26.6 million Africans infected with AIDS
    and only 50,000 receiving lifesaving antiretroviral treatment. Today,
    more than 15.7 million men, women, and children in Africa are receiving
    these vital treatments. PEPFAR has saved over 18 million lives,
    prevented millions of HIV infections, and accelerated progress toward
    controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic in more than 50 countries.
    Through these and other initiatives we are bringing to a close a painful
    chapter in human history. For the past many decades, HIV and AIDS have
    inflicted untold suffering on millions of people both here at home and
    abroad. But by the end of this decade, we will have eliminated this
    scourge from our country and released much of the rest of the world from
    its deadly grip.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
    America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
    the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim December 1, 2020, as
    World AIDS Day. I urge the Governors of the States and the Commonwealth
    of Puerto Rico, officials of the other Territories subject to the
    jurisdiction of the United States, and all Americans to join me in
    appropriate activities to remember those who have lost their lives to
    AIDS and to provide support and compassion to those living with HIV/
    AIDS.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
    November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    fifth.
    DONALD J. TRUMP