DIFFA San Francisco
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Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, DIFFA, raises awareness and grants funds to organizations that provide treatment, direct care services, preventive education programs, and advocacy for individuals affected by HIV/AIDS, homelessness, hunger, and mental illness. Mobilizing the resources of the design industry, DIFFA has created legendary programs and events that highlight a cause that has significantly affected the industry for over four decades.
Fall 2023 Event
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Our Beneficiary
Past. Present. Future.
DIFFA San Francisco’s 2023 beneficiary is UCSF’s Ward 86.
From its inception in 1983, Ward 86 has played a pivotal role in HIV/AIDS treatment. As one of the first outpatient clinics devoted to caring for people living with HIV, it revolutionized care at UC San Francisco, in San Francisco, across the nation, and around the world.
Ward 86 turns 40 this year, and it is still developing new ways to care for people living with HIV. We celebrate with a look at the clinic’s past and present, from the early days when there were no treatments available, to the push to treat every patient immediately after diagnosis, to the drive to extend HIV care to those society has pushed to the margins.