On October 15, Latino Commission on AIDS and organizations throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands recognize National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) by bringing attention to the impact of HIV on Hispanic/Latino populations.
In 2014, there were an estimated 255,036 cumulative AIDS cases since the beginning of the epidemic. Hispanics/Latinos account for almost 1 in 4 (24%) of people living with HIV in the U.S., despite representing only 17 percent of the national population. Additionally, for the first time since 2008, new HIV diagnoses among Hispanics/Latinos increased in 2014, as we see the impact of stigma, homophobia, transphobia creating major barriers in accessing HIV Testing, prevention, treatment, and care. Given that Hispanics/Latinos are the largest and fastest growing minority group in the U.S., address HIV/AIDS in this community is important to our nation’s health.
This year’s theme for NLAAD is “We’ll Defeat AIDS, Con Ganas”, and we invite you to get involved in creating National Latino AIDS Awareness throughout the year, you can commit to one of these actions:
- By learning about the HIV test, PrEP and HIV treatment; and then sharing the information with others.
- By using and sharing some of the infographics, fact sheets, posters, web banners, social media resources developed to raise awareness about the impact of HIV in Hispanic/Latino communities.
- By visiting www.nlaad.org and using the hashtag #NLAAD
- By making this campaign yours by using the fillable poster.
Infographics Library:
- HIV/AIDS Among Hispanics/Latinos PDF | JPG
- HIV/AIDS Among Hispanic/Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) PDF | JPG
- HIV/AIDS Among Hispanic/Latina Women PDF | JPG
- HIV/AIDS Among Hispanic/Latino Youth PDF | JPG
- HIV/AIDS Among Hispanic/Latino Transgender Women Who Have Sex with Men (TWSM) PDF | JPG
- HIV/AIDS Among Heterosexual Hispanics/Latinos PDF | JPG
- HIV/AIDS Among Hispanic/Latino Injection Drug Users (IDU) PDF | JPG
- HIV/AIDS Among Hispanics/Latinos Ages 50+ PDF | JPG
- HIV/AIDS Perinatal Transmission Among Hispanic/Latina Women PDF | JPG
Nationwide NLAAD Events 2016
| 18-Sep | HARP and Friends Lunchone By HARP of VIctoria in Victoria |
TX |
| 1-Oct | Fiesta By AIDS Alabama in Birmingham |
AL |
| 4-Oct | Free HIV Testing By Knox County Health Dept. in Knoxville |
TN |
| 6-Oct | NLAAD Tucson Block Party By Community Coalition in Tucson |
AZ |
| 9-Oct | Free rapid HIV Testing at Club Rush By Latino LinQ in Atlanta |
GA |
| 10-Oct | Free rapid HIV Testing at Club Santuario By Latino LinQ in Atlanta |
GA |
| 11-Oct | NLAAD Testing Event By City of El Paso DPH Prevention Program in El Paso |
TX |
| 11-Oct | City Of Houston NLAAD Proclamation By Latino HIV Task Force Houston in Houston |
TX |
| 11-Oct | City Of Houston NLAAD Proclamation By Latino HIV Task Force Houston in Houston |
TX |
| 12-Oct | Knowing Is The Key By Jefferson County Department Of Health in Birmingham |
AL |
| 12-Oct | NLAAD 2016 By Ithaca College LGBT Center in Ithaca |
NY |
| 12-Oct | Take the Train...Take the Test at Government Center Metrorail Station By Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County in Miami |
FL |
| 12-Oct | Take The Test Boston NLAAD 2016 By HHS/OASH in Jamaica Plain |
MA |
| 12-Oct | Free HIV Testing for NLAAD By Boulder County AIDS Project in Longmont |
CO |
| 12-Oct | Community Discussion & Movie Screening "El Acompañante" | Brooklyn Premiere By Transdiaspora Network in Brooklyn |
NY |
| 13-Oct | Free HIV Testing for National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day By Piedmont Care, Inc. in Spartanburg |
SC |
| 13-Oct | Vamos' Adelante Con Ganas! By Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans in Houston |
TX |
| 13-Oct | Take The Test Boston NLAAD 2016 By HHS/OASH in East Boston |
MA |
| 13-Oct | Free Flu Clinic By Marin AIDS Project in San Rafael |
CA |
| 13-Oct | San Geronimo Valley Community Center By Marin AIDS Project in San Geronimo |
CA |
| 13-Oct | National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day By Salud a la Vida in Long Beach |
CA |
| 14-Oct | The test expires every time you have risky (unprotected sex) By Westside Community Health Services in St Paul |
MN |
| 14-Oct | Latinx AIDS Awareness Day By Siouxland Community Health Center-HIV Program in Sioux City |
IA |
| 14-Oct | Healthy Morning By Latino Community Development Agency in Oklahoma City |
OK |
| 14-Oct | National Latino AIDS Awareness Day By Santa Clara County Public Health Department STD/HIV Prevention and Control in San Jose, |
CA |
| 14-Oct | NLAAD 2016 Testing Event By Crossover Healthcare Ministry in Richmond |
VA |
| 14-Oct | Dia Nacional de la Concientizacion del VIH/SIDa 2016 By SAN YSIDRO HEALTH CENTER/CASA in San Diego |
CA |
| 14-Oct | Take The Test Boston NLAAD 2016 By HHS/OASH in Jamaica Plain |
MA |
| 14-Oct | "Take the Train? Take the Test! By Center for Young Adult, Adolescent, and Pediatric HIV at Northwell Health in Elmhurst |
NY |
| 14-Oct | Latino Awareness Day By Centro de Salud Familiar CARE Clinc in El Paso |
TX |
| 14-Oct | Latinos en PrEP: Tu tienes las preguntas y ellos las respuestas By Instituto Familiar de la Raza in San Francisco |
CA |
| 14-Oct | 2nd Annual Fiesta de la Salud By Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County in Miami |
FL |
| 14-Oct | Latinx Tomando Accion -- National Latinx Awareness Day By Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers in Milwaukee |
WI |
| 15-Oct | Inner City Dental Mission By Community Health Services, Inc. in Hartford |
CT |
| 15-Oct | National Latino Awardness AIDS Day By Arkansas Human de velopment Corporation in Little Rock |
AR |
| 15-Oct | National Latino AIDS Awareness Day"We'll Defeat AIDS Con Ganas" By Hartford Youth HIV Identification and Linkage Consortium in Hartford |
CT |
| 15-Oct | National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) 2016 - FREE HIV Tests By Resource Center Nelson-Tebedo Clinic in Dallas |
TX |
| 15-Oct | HIV/AIDS Latino Awareness Day By AIN/Manos Unidas in Dallas |
TX |
| 15-Oct | National Latino AIDS Awareness Day By Columbus Public Health in Columbus |
OH |
| 15-Oct | Health Fair By CLIMA in South Boston |
MA |
| 15-Oct | Latino Health Care Celebration By Arkansas Human Development Corporeation/ Ventanilla salud Mexican Consulate in Little Rock |
AR |
| 15-Oct | Cuida Tu Salud: Free Health Fair By Latinos en Accion in Pembroke Pines |
FL |
| 15-Oct | NLAAD Health Fair By So. Nevada HIV Consortium in Las Vegas |
NV |
| 15-Oct | Binational Health Week and Latino AIDS Awareness Day By Tarrant County Public Health Department in Arlington |
TX |
| 15-Oct | "National Latino AIDS Awareness Day" Health Fair By FLAS, Inc in Houston |
TX |
| 15-Oct | HIV 101 with ALFA By ALFA in Newton |
NC |
| 15-Oct | Health Fair (Together We Can Defeat HIV) By FLAS, INC. in Houston |
TX |
| 15-Oct | NLAAD Testing Event By AltaMed in Los Angeles |
CA |
| 15-Oct | We'll Defeat AIDS Con Ganas! By Latino Commission on AIDS-Latinos in the Deep South Program in Raleigh |
NC |
| 15-Oct | Multicultural Health Fair By The Alabama Latino AIDS Coalition in Birmingham |
AL |
| 15-Oct | National Latino AIDS Awareness Day Memorial 2016 By VID in San Diego |
CA |
| 15-Oct | National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day in Chicago By Project VIDA in Chicago |
IL |
| 15-Oct | Be PrEPared By Denver Public Health in Glendale |
CO |
| 15-Oct | Día Boricua de Concienciación de VIH By Coaí, Inc. - Aché T.O.P. in Mayagüez |
PR |
| 16-Oct | Latinx Heritage Month By AIDS Alabama in Hoover |
AL |
| 16-Oct | Testing at The Veranda at The Eagle By LGBT Network in Bay Shore |
NY |
| 17-Oct | Free HIV/STI Testing By Planned Parenthood of Nassau County in Hempstead |
NY |
| 17-Oct | Free Confidential HIV test for Rutgers University students By Center for Latino Arts and Culture, Rutgers University in New Bruswick |
NJ |
| 17-Oct | LatinX testing awareness day By Pride for Youth in Bellmore |
NY |
| 18-Oct | NLAAD Present at the Mexican Consulate By Sixteenth Street Community Health Center in Milwaukee |
WI |
| 18-Oct | Binational Health Day By Marin County Public Health in San Rafael |
CA |
| 20-Oct | Latinos Salud Hispanic Food Bazaar By Latinos Salud in Wilton Manors |
FL |
| 21-Oct | National Latino AIDA Awareness Day By San Ysidro Health Center - Our Place Southeast division in San Diego |
CA |
| 10-Nov | Diversity Night By Latinos en Accion Advisory Group of BCHPPC in Wilton Manors |
FL |
| 28-Nov | Testing By Recovery Network of Programs/Kinsella Treatment Center in Bridgeport |
CT |