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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING WORLD AIDS DAY 2024
WHEREAS, World AIDS Day is observed on December 1st each year and serves as a day of solidarity for people around the world who are currently affected by HIV and to remember those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses; and
WHEREAS, the first World AIDS Day took place in 1988, providing a platform to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS and honor the lives affected by the epidemic; and
WHEREAS, since the first World AIDS Day over 35 years ago, continual progress has been made in preventing, detecting, and treating HIV - greatly reducing annual HIV diagnoses and transmissions; and
WHEREAS, for example, HIV.gov reports that estimated new HIV infections have declined 12% from 2017 to 2021; and
WHEREAS, this progress is thanks to organizations that tirelessly work to combat this virus, including the Cook County Health Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, which was founded by the Cook County Bureau of Health Services to focus on the prevention, care, and research of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases; and
WHEREAS, since it opened its doors in 1998, the CORE Center has remained one of the largest HIV/AIDS clinics in the United States and treats more than 6,000 patients annually; and
WHEREAS, through partnerships with people living with HIV, community-based organizations, health care providers, government agencies and others, Illinois has dramatically shifted the impact of HIV/AIDS across the state through Getting to Zero Illinois, a state-wide initiative to end the HIV epidemic in the state by 2030, which is coordinated through organizations such as the AIDS Foundation of Chicago and the Illinois and Chicago Departments of Public Health; and
WHEREAS, despite these advancements, over 39 million people worldwide continue to live with HIV, including more than one million people in the United States; and
WHEREAS, according to the Global Burden of Disease study, nearly one m...
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