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World AIDS Day 2020: FDA Continues to Drive Advances in Care and Work with the Global Public Health Community

Each year, since 1998, countless organizations and individuals around the world have observed World AIDS Day – to bring attention to the HIV epidemic, increase HIV awareness and knowledge, speak out against HIV stigma, and work towards Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America.

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration again observes this important day. It is a sobering reminder of the many people across the globe who have struggled and lost their battle to HIV/AIDS. Yet, more optimistically, this year’s theme “Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Resilience and Impact” allows us to reflect on the many advances in medicine that now help millions of people worldwide to live and thrive, despite being infected with HIV. There is still no cure, but progress over the years has been very encouraging, including approvals in 2020 for two new HIV therapeutic drugs.