{"id":138633,"date":"2017-12-01T17:33:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T22:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?post_type=one_press&p=138633"},"modified":"2017-12-01T17:33:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T22:33:33","slug":"one-rally","status":"publish","type":"one_press","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/press\/one-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"On World AIDS Day, advocates rally outside the White House, urge President Trump to not surrender the fight against AIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, AIDS and global health advocates gathered outside the White House to mark World AIDS Day and urge President Trump to not trade the iconic red ribbon for a white flag of surrender against the disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Download the photos <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The rally, which featured activists holding a giant white flag of surrender against the backdrop of the iconic red ribbon that hangs annually from the North Portico on World AIDS Day, comes on the heels of the Trump Administration\u2019s proposed budget cut of $800 million to bilateral HIV\/AIDS efforts, which would require a new strategy that would stop adding people to treatment in the hardest-hit countries and trigger a resurgence of the epidemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time in 15 years, the U.S. government appears ready to trade the iconic red ribbon for a white flag of surrender. As the world is turning the tide on AIDS, the United States must not abandon this historic opportunity to end the AIDS epidemic as a global health threat by 2030,\u201d <\/span>said Tom Hart, North American Executive Director, The ONE Campaign<\/b>. \u201cIt is only with sustained U.S. leadership that we will see a day when HIV\/AIDS is defeated. Slowing down now would not simply lengthen the time it takes to do this, but would push it out of reach, potentially forever. So what\u2019s our message to the White House? Now is not the time for the United States to be cutting life-saving HIV\/AIDS efforts – including PEPFAR and The Global Fund. America must continue to channel its ingenuity, resourcefulness and generosity to lead the world in the global fight against this deadly disease.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, <\/span>The ONE Campaign released a new report<\/span><\/a> detailing the impacts of the White House\u2019s proposed budget cut on the global HIV\/AIDS fight. Among the toplines of the <\/span>2017 ONE AIDS Report<\/span><\/i>: <\/span><\/p>\n