Mayor Lee’s Statement Commemorating World Aids Day
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement commemorating World AIDS Day and remembering those lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic:
“Today, on World AIDS Day, we remember those lives lost to this terrible disease and recommit ourselves to finding a cure.
San Francisco is at the cutting edge of prevention, treatment and advances in medical research, and we are providing hope to people living with HIV/AIDS with our continued leadership in fighting this disease. Our commitment to Getting to Zero demonstrates that leadership. In 2014, I signed the UNAIDS Getting to Zero initiative, which aims to get to zero new HIV infections, zero deaths associated with HIV, and zero stigma by 2030. The recent $20 million grant to create the new Institute for HIV Cure Research at UCSF will move us all closer to a cure and get us all to zero.
Fighting the AIDS epidemic is a global issue, and I know that it is through partnerships like these that we can get to zero and ultimately find a cure of this disease in our lifetime.”
In honor of World AIDS Day, Mayor Lee has ordered City Hall to be lit in Red.
“Today, on World AIDS Day, we remember those lives lost to this terrible disease and recommit ourselves to finding a cure.
San Francisco is at the cutting edge of prevention, treatment and advances in medical research, and we are providing hope to people living with HIV/AIDS with our continued leadership in fighting this disease. Our commitment to Getting to Zero demonstrates that leadership. In 2014, I signed the UNAIDS Getting to Zero initiative, which aims to get to zero new HIV infections, zero deaths associated with HIV, and zero stigma by 2030. The recent $20 million grant to create the new Institute for HIV Cure Research at UCSF will move us all closer to a cure and get us all to zero.
Fighting the AIDS epidemic is a global issue, and I know that it is through partnerships like these that we can get to zero and ultimately find a cure of this disease in our lifetime.”
In honor of World AIDS Day, Mayor Lee has ordered City Hall to be lit in Red.