National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD), observed each year on October 15, is an opportunity to raise awareness of the disproportionate impact that HIV has on the Latinx population in the United States. This year’s NLAAD theme, “Be a Superhero. Defeat HIV,” highlights the important role of both individuals and communities – a team of...
As people living with HIV continue to live longer and healthier lives, a new conundrum is beginning to emerge within the community: managing the virus alongside comorbidities that come with age, like osteoporosis, heart disease, vision problems, and diabetes (the latter effects one in every 10 HIV-positive people). In 2013, nearly 42 percent of HIV-positive...
Since 2003 when National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) began, there have been many changes in this observance. Today we feature two unique perspectives on these changes. Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA) is the lead for NLAAD . Lucciano Reberte is LCOA’s Program Coordinator for the LEAD program that engages young gay/bi men and transgender Latinas...
Varias organizaciones comunitarias realizarán, este miércoles 11, un evento en la Alcaldía para concientizar a la población sobre la importancia de hacerse la prueba del VIH. El acto presentará iniciativas para combatir esta enfermedad que es tratable si se detecta a tiempo. Otra medida básica de prevención es el uso del preservativo y de la...
New York, NY, October 11, 2017 – National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD), is held each year on the last day of Hispanic Heritage Month, on October 15. This year NLAAD had a gigantic success mobilizing communities and engaging both social and mainstream media outlets to highlight the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among Hispanic/Latino...
As part of this year’s NLAAD campaign “Be a Superhero. Defeat HIV”, we have secured a donation of HIV testing kits for the organizations that require them for NLAAD events, through partnership with ALERE and ORASURE. These test kits are available now, and in order to obtain a set of 25 kits (ALERE) or a...
New York, September 22, 2017— On October 15 the U.S. commemorates National Latinx AIDS Awareness (NLAAD), an opportunity to bring together Latino communities, Latino service providers and organizations providing services to Latinos throughout the U.S. under one theme: “Be a Superhero. Defeat HIV.” This year’s theme is around superheroes. Why? To give a message that...
Dr. Tedd Ellerbrock, HIV Care and Treatment Branch chief, Centers for Disease Control. Being diagnosed with HIV-AIDS used to be a death sentence; wiping out up to 30 percent of some sub-Saharan African communities. Today, more than 11 million people around the globe are living with the disease and a new lease on life, thanks...
One of Latino Commission on AIDS’ very own, Socrates Ruben Cabrera shares his story not only as a PrEP patient but also as a person who has become a strong advocate for PrEP users in Latino and Spanish speaking communities through his work at Oasis, Latino LGBTS Wellness Center-program of the Latino Commission on AIDS....
New York, New York. Wednesday, July 5th, 2017- The Latino Commission on AIDS and the Hispanic Health Network release a national report “Illuminating the Needs of the Forgotten “Olvidados”: A National Health Assessment of Hispanic/Latinos Growing Older with HIV”. The impetus for this assessment was our concern that current research does not adequately address the...
