On Tuesday, December 1, the global community will observe the 33rd annual World AIDS Day (WAD). This year’s theme for WAD in the U.S. is “Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Resilience and Impact.” This theme is especially relevant, because “COVID-19 has not only forced us to adapt our response to HIV/AIDS in communities to ensure continuity of services, but also reinforced the urgency of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and around the world,” according to Angeli Achrekar, principal deputy U.S. global AIDS coordinator for the U.S. State Department.
