; Whereas it is estimated that, without treatment, half of all infants living with HIV will die before their second birthday; Whereas despite the remarkable progress in combating HIV, significant challenges remain; Whereas there were approximately 1,700,000 new HIV diagnoses in 2019 globally, structural barriers continue to make testing and treatment programs inaccessible to highly vulnerable populations, and an estimated 7,100,000 people living with HIV globally still do not know their HIV status; Whereas the CDC reports that more than 37,000 people were diagnosed with HIV in the United States in 2018 and 14 percent of the 1,200,000 people in the United States living with HIV are not aware of their HIV status; Whereas the CDC has found that men who have sex with men (MSM), particularly young Blacks and Hispanics, are the population most affected by HIV in the United States; Whereas southern areas of the United States bear the greatest burden of HIV, accounting for 51 percent of new infections in 2018; Whereas the CDC estimates that 44 percent of Black transgender women are living with HIV in the United States, and transgender women are 49 times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV compared to the global general adult population; Whereas one in two people living with HIV in the United States are over 50; Whereas people living with HIV are frequently susceptible to other infections, such as hepatitis B and C and tuberculosis; Whereas the opioid and heroin epidemics have led to increased numbers of new HIV transmissions among people who inject drugs, and the crisis has disproportionately affected nonurban areas, where HIV prevalence rates have been low historically and have limited services for HIV prevention and treatment and substance use disorder treatment; Whereas, in 2020, the United States hosted the Conference of the International AIDS Society reinforcing the important leadership role the United States plays in ending AIDS globally