#nbhaad

February 7th is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), which was first observed in 1999. This observance is a day to acknowledge how HIV disproportionately affects Black people.

The first National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day was marked in 1999 as a grassroots-education effort to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS prevention, care, and treatment in communities of color.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that in 2018, Black people accounted for 13% of the U.S. population but 42% of the 37,832 new HIV diagnoses in the United States and dependent areas. 1 in 7 African Americans with HIV are unaware they have it.

Thursday, February 7, marks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2019 (NBHAAD). This year’s theme is “Together for Love: Stop HIV Stigma.”

This goes out to the ones who didn't get credit for saving the lives of Black youth.

Today, On National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, this goes out to the Black and Brown mothers who never got to tell their stories to the CDC, when the CDC thought mommas couldn't raise their babies.

This is for the quarantined

This is for prenatal AIDS

This is the breast milk

This is for black babies

This is for the amazing #verticalkids now (adults) who continue to do this work. The strength it takes to not only grow up with HIV BUT also serve community by engaging in leadership is astounding.

This day is for the adults who really do work with youth and empower us daily. This is for yall tho.

Tiffany Moreno, She/Her/Hers

‪Happy National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day‬

I am Black

I am HIV+

I am Young

& I am Living.

Gregory Meredith

He/Him/His