This Thursday Feb. 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD).   What is NBHAAD?

National Black Hiv/Aids Awareness Day is an HIV testing and treatment community mobilization initiative designed to increase the awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment among Blacks in the United States and across the Diaspora.

The movement has four main objectives that it hopes to realize within Black communities:

•  Education: To distribute information about HIV/AIDS locally.

• Testing: Establish February 7 as an annual day to get an HIV test.

• Involvement: Increase the number of Blacks involved locally.

• Treatment: For those newly testing HIV+ and those coming to terms with their status, get them aware of treatment services and information.

Why i

s there a need?

• In 2006, HIV was the ninth leading cause of death for all Blacks and third leading cause of death for Black men and women, ages 25-44.

• In 2009, an estimated 16,741 Blacks were diagnosed with AIDS in the US, a number that has slowly decreased since 2006.
• Blacks represent approximately 14% of the United States population, but 44% of all new HIV infections.
• HIV is 100% preventable!

Take a look at this fact sheet NBHAAD_2013_FactSheet

Want to get tested?  Sign up for free confidential HIV testing

Want to get involved? Visit www.nationalblackaidsday.org

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