Whereas since the identification of AIDS in 1981, an estimated 76,100,000 people have been infected with HIV, and more than 35,000,000 people have died of AIDS worldwide; Whereas, in 2016, an estimated 1,800,000 people were newly infected with HIV, 19,500,000 people living with HIV (53 percent of the total) had access to antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, and 1,000,000 people died of the disease; Whereas, worldwide, 36,700,000 people are living with HIV, but only 54 percent of whom know they are infected; Whereas progress in reducing new HIV infections among adults has slowed since 2010, remaining static at 1,700,000 new infections each year; Whereas progress has been made globally in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, with new infections among children declining 47 percent since 2010; Whereas girls and women make up more than half of all people living with HIV worldwide; Whereas young women and adolescent girls bear a disproportionate burden of HIV worldwide (18,600,000); Whereas HIV is the third leading cause of death among women aged 15 to 29 globally; Whereas HIV remains the leading cause of death among women aged 30 to 49 globally; Whereas low-income and middle-income countries continue to bear the brunt of the AIDS pandemic, with sub-Saharan Africa serving as the home of 69 percent of all adults and children living with HIV, 56 percent of whom are women and girls; Whereas people living with HIV/AIDS are frequently susceptible to other infections, such as hepatitis C and tuberculosis; Whereas at least one-third of those living with HIV are infected with latent tuberculosis, which remains the leading cause of death among people living with HIV; Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in the United States, 1,100,000 people are living with HIV and 14 percent of those are not aware of their status; Whereas in the United States, more than 700,000 people with AIDS have died since the beginning of the epidemic, including nearly 13,000 in 2014