National Black AIDS Awareness Day 2009
February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day (NBHAAD). This annual observance day was created to raise awareness among African Americans about HIV/AIDS and its devastating impact on African American communities. The day is part of a national mobilization effort to get African Americans to learn more about the threat posed by the disease, get tested, get treated and make a commitment to fight HIV/AIDS.
Here in Washington, DC there is no question that African Americans are disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS. According to our recent surveillance report, African Americans make up about 55% of the DC population, but constitute 80% of District residents living with HIV. Further, of the 842 cases of HIV/AIDS among men who have sex with men from 2001 to 2006, 63% were among black men.
National Black AIDS Awareness Day is a great opportunity to raise awareness of how HIV/AIDS impacts Black gay and bisexual men. If you're interested in helping organize a National Black AIDS Awareness Day event in Washington DC, please let me know.
To learn more about the National Black AIDS Awareness Day, visit www.blackaidsday.org.
For information on 2007 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Events in DC, click here.Labels: African American
 February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day (NBHAAD). This annual observance day was created to raise awareness among African Americans about HIV/AIDS and its devastating impact on African American communities. The day is part of a national mobilization effort to get African Americans to learn more about the threat posed by the disease, get tested, get treated and make a commitment to fight HIV/AIDS. Here in Washington, DC there is no question that African Americans are disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS. According to our recent surveillance report, African Americans make up about 55% of the DC population, but constitute 80% of District residents living with HIV. Further, of the 842 cases of HIV/AIDS among men who have sex with men from 2001 to 2006, 63% were among black men. National Black AIDS Awareness Day is a great opportunity to raise awareness of how HIV/AIDS impacts Black gay and bisexual men. If you're interested in helping organize a National Black AIDS Awareness Day event in Washington DC, please let me know. To learn more about the National Black AIDS Awareness Day, visit www.blackaidsday.org. For information on 2007 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Events in DC, click here. Labels: African American |
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ashi said ... (7:12 AM) :
post a commentwe need an AIDS awareness day inorder to spread awareness among the people.l.some of the facts as why we need to spread awareness among the people.
# Currently more than 11 million children in Africa have lost at least one parent to HIV/AIDS; that number is expected to reach 20 million by 2010.
# There are 42 million people living with HIV and AIDS worldwide. It is a global emergency claiming approximately 8,000 lives every day in some of the poorest countries.
# 1 in every 100 people worldwide is HIV positive: One third of them are aged 15-24.
# Approximately 40% of the world's population-mostly those living in the world's poorest countries-is at risk of contracting malaria.
Malaria causes more than 300 million acute illnesses and at least one million deaths annually.