LIVE: President Biden gives remarks for World AIDS Day
The White House is holding an event Sunday to commemorate World AIDS Day with survivors, their families, and advocates.
President Biden's remarks are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET and will be livestreamed in the video player above.
(NEXSTAR) — The White House is holding an event on Sunday to commemorate World AIDS Day with survivors, their families, and advocates.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will give remarks on the White House South Lawn "highlighting the Biden-Harris administration's work to advance policy solutions to the HIV/AIDS epidemic," according to The White House.
"Four years ago, the Biden-Harris Administration renewed and strengthened the government’s bipartisan commitment to ending the HIV epidemic," The White House said in a statement. "Since then, significant progress has been made through a whole-of-society approach, unprecedented investments, and a steadfast commitment to leading with science, advancing equity, and addressing HIV stigma and discrimination."
The historic AIDS Memorial Quilt will also be on display at the event. A section of the quilt was previously displayed at The White House during President Barack Obama's administration in 2012.
This event comes as AIDS research is pushing further to try and make the disease a thing of the past.
In a report issued to mark World AIDS Day on Sunday, UNAIDS said that the number of AIDS deaths last year — an estimated 630,000 — was at its lowest since peaking in 2004, suggesting the world is now at “a historic crossroads” and has a chance to end the epidemic.
World AIDS Day was first held in 1988, and aims to "show strength and solidarity against HIV stigma and to remember lives lost."
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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