Opinion: The view from West Virginia: the end of HIV transmission is a distant dream

“End the AIDS epidemic” seems to be the battle cry of the day. It’s a lofty goal that we all hope is attainable. But if West Virginia, where I live and work, is any indication, we have far to go.

Sunday is the first World AIDS Day since President Trump announced in his 2019 State of the Union address a federal initiative to reduce new HIV infections in the United States by 75% in five years and by 90% by 2030. A plan to end the epidemic shows how far we have come since the first World AIDS Day in 1988, when a call was sent for solidarity against a pandemic that was taking a terrifying toll on families, communities and countries, and for a commitment to end its global impact.

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