NIH Statement on World AIDS Day

This year, the world marked the 35th anniversary of the first published reports of what would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. This disease has wrought enormous suffering and devastation and caused more than 35 million deaths. Yet today, thanks to remarkable achievements in biomedical science and public health, we have the tools to build a better future for individuals living with HIV and for those at risk of infection. We are hopeful that new approaches currently under exploration could expedite the end of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Carl W. Dieffenbach, Ph.D., Director, Division of AIDS, NIAID
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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