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# Biden vows to end the HIV epidemic
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/biden-vows-to-end-the-hiv-epidemic/
- Published: 2021-12-01T13:00:58.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-01T11:50:52.000Z
- Description: In honour of World AIDS Day, US president Joe Biden has issued a proclamation promising “to end the HIV epidemic globally”.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Health, HIV, News, Politics, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, LGBTQ, US, World Aids Day

In honour of World AIDS Day 2021 (December 1), US president Joe Biden has issued a [proclamation ](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/11/30/a-proclamation-on-world-aids-day-2021/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)promising *“to end the HIV epidemic globally”*. In the statement, Biden noted the *“remarkable progress in the 40 years since the first-known reported case of AIDS”*, while affirming his administration’s commitment to *“stand with the nearly 38 million people living with HIV around the world”*.

He also reiterated his administration’s commitment to ending *“the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030”*, adding: *“We are focused on addressing health inequities and inequalities and ensuring that the voices of people with HIV are at the center of our work to end the HIV epidemic globally.”* To help reach this goal, Biden’s budget request includes $670 million to support the Department of Health and Human Services’ Ending the HIV Epidemic in the US initiative.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/world-aids-day600w.jpg)

During Trump’s presidency, all members of the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS were dismissed, as the former president also failed to address the impact of healthcare inequality on the LGBTQ+ community. In addition to Biden’s budget request, the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS has now been *“strengthened”* by *“adding members from diverse backgrounds who bring the knowledge and expertise needed to further* \[the country’s\] *HIV response.”*