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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 wholeof-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 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 


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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 fortyfifth. 

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