Plenary: Federal Response to Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic (HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra commended the work and successes of agencies across the prevention-treatment continuum, and especially 'those who reach out' to various communities in need. Secretary Becerra expressed his pride in heading HHS, an agency that leads with these key questions, 'Who is missing, who is not being covered, who is being left out.' He noted that we have a chance to live up to Ryan White's memory and the long goal of doing away with HIV by the end of the decade. Secretary Becerra said, 'This is the right time...and the right team at HHS to go big to work on ending the HIV epidemic.' He also commended the work of agencies to tackle monkeypox (MPx) to make sure it does not become endemic.