Gov. JB Pritzker speaks about, praises statewide initiative to end HIV epidemic in Illinois [Video]

CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker was on the city’s Near West Side on Wednesday morning to speak about a statewide initiative that has designs on ending the HIV epidemic in Illinois within the next decade.

Getting to Zero Illinois (GTZ-IL), as its website states, is a community engagement initiative that aims to end the HIV epidemic in Illinois by 2030.

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GTZ-IL was launched in 2019, with lead partners at both the Illinois and Chicago Departments of Public Health, with “zero” being the goal of having no new HIV cases by 2030. The initiative is also part of a larger movement seeking to make sure those living with HIV have proper access to care and to dismantle stigmas often associated with HIV and AIDS.

This year, GTZ-IL released its Plan 2.0 for 2024-27, which can be viewed in its entirety HERE. This is a comprehensive …