HIV Care & Prevention

Getting to Zero San Francisco is a group of 300+ individual community members and advocates, community-based organizations, educational institutions, industry partners, government agencies, and providers – public and private – from different disciplines who work together to achieve the vision to make the City and County of San Francisco the first jurisdiction with zero new HIV infections, zero HIV stigma, and zero HIV-related deaths.

Co Founded in 2014 by:

• Dr. Diane Havlir, Chief of the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine ZSFG/UCSF
• Dr. Susan Buchbinder, Director of Bridge HIV at San Francisco Department of Health
• Neil Giuliano (San Francisco AIDS Foundation)
• Dana Van Gorder (Project Inform)
• Jeff Sheehy (UCSF AIDS Research Institute)
• Scott Wiener (California State Senator)

The overall goals are to:

• Improve health for persons at risk for or living with HIV/AIDS in San Francisco
• Develop and implement innovative programs with a priority placed on equity and demonstrate impact with measurable objectives
• Secure multi-sector funding and support for existing and new programs
• Exchange best practices with other cities

The near-term goal is to reduce new HIV transmissions and HIV-related deaths by 90% by 2025.

Getting to Zero San Francisco takes a three-pronged approach:

1. Prevent infection with the expansion of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in San Francisco
2. Rapidly deliver antiretroviral therapy as fast as possible to newly-diagnosed HIV-infected patients and those who are no longer in care
3. Keep patients in care to prolong health, wellness, and life

The Getting to Zero San Francisco strategy for 2021-2025:

• Deliver low-barrier HIV prevention, treatment and wraparound services to people experiencing homelessness
• Address the mental health of San Franciscans aging with HIV, including long-term survivors
• Implement DoxyPEP city-wide to accelerate reduction in overall bacterial STIs
• Mobilize and advocate for evidence-based overdose prevention services, including safe consumption sites, to reduce HIV and hepatitis infections and overdose deaths.

The Getting to Zero San Francisco Consortium is committed to dismantling racism and institutional bias in systems and practices and re-envisioning a model of HIV prevention and care that supports all San Franciscans.