Amid Backdrop of Health Care Debate, UCSF Raises Funds at AIDS Walk San Francisco

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As a national debate about health care continues, hundreds of staff, faculty, students and supporters of UC San Francisco participated in AIDS Walk San Francisco to raise funds for research and care as well as to raise awareness of proposed legislation in Washington, D.C.

The mood at this year’s event Sunday in Golden Gate Park was upbeat and defiant, with many walkers holding signs advocating for health care protections for people with pre-existing conditions. At the UCSF booth at the event’s start, volunteers encouraged participants to write postcards to legislators urging them to reject the proposed health care bill that could eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions such as HIV/AIDS.


Top 5 UCSF Fundraising Teams

1) UCSF 360 Positive Care & Women’s HIV Clinic – $22,9812) UCSF - ARI/Global Health Sciences – $18,1643) UCSF - Ward 86 – $17,1224) UCSF - Campus Life Services Team – $7,8855) UCSF - Benioff Children's Hosp. Oakland – $5,465

* Totals as of July 17


Throughout the 10-kilometer route on the sunny morning, walkers young and old were buoyed by live musical performances that included a marching band, DJs and belly dancers.

The event raises funds for HIV programs and services throughout the Bay Area. This year’s event will benefit Project Open Hand, Positive Resource Center and the Golden Compass Program at Ward 86 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General to continue to support the cutting-edge clinic with a continuum of services for long-term survivors of HIV.

The Golden Compass Program, launched this January, provides multidisciplinary medical care and psychosocial support for people over 50 living with HIV. It is part of Ward 86 at ZSFG, the world’s first dedicated HIV clinic when it opened in 1983 and still one of the top-rated medical care facilities for HIV in the world.

“We’re trying to holistically manage all the health care conditions that may come around for people who are older and living with HIV, absolutely made possible by ...

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