The Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA) , the Hispanic Federation and other organizations organize this day to build capacity for non-profit organizations and health departments to reach Latinx/Hispanic communities, promote HIV testing, and provide HIV prevention information and access to care. SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURCES Instagram Graphic (1080×1080) For more resources visit: https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/awareness/nlaad.html
An NLAAD 2020 event was organized and scheduled by the Epsilon Psi Chapter Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc from the University of Hawaii at Hilo – The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy for Monday, October 26 at 12pm Hawaii time (6pm NY time), and invited me to present about HIV among Latinos and National...
Webinar presented by Luis A Mares, LMSW, Director of Community Mobilization at the Latino Commission of AIDS, in observance of NLAAD, precisely about National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day and the Latino Commission on AIDS. This webinar was presented for the NY State Senator Leroy Comrei from New York and Blue Cross Blue Shield’s series of...
Interview in Spanish about National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day, at the program La Doctora Isabel of La Red Hispana. We talked about the importance of continuing creating awareness and educating our community about HIV.
Editor’s Note: Reporting for this article was supported by the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Partnering and Communicating Together program. This is part of the Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign. Jorge de Jesus’ life took an unexpected turn in 2017, when...
October 15 is National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). This year’s theme, “Ending HIV is at your fingertips,” focuses on the tools already available to address the HIV epidemic, like HIV testing, PrEP, condom use, HIV treatment, and U=U, as we are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Historically, HIV has disproportionately impacted Hispanic/Latinx Americans, and a broad...
