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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, February 7th

In the United States, HIV/AIDS is a tremendous epidemic affecting more than 1 million people. However, HIV/AIDS has had a disproportionate impact on communities of color, particularly Black communities.

So what does HIV look like in the Black Community?

• Blacks account for 49 percent of the new HIV/AIDS diagnosis in the US (2005).
• Blacks account for 50 percent of the estimated AIDS cases in the US.
• Of 141 infants prenatally infected with HIV, 65 percent were Black.
• The rate of AIDS diagnosis for Black adults and adolescents was 10 times the rate for whites and 3 times the rate for Hispanics.
• Black women are most likely to be infected with HIV through high risk heterosexual contact.
• Injection drug use is the second leading cause of HIV infection for both Black men and women.

Learn more about NBHAAD:

• National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  http://www.blackaidsday.org
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services information on NBHAAD:
  http://www.hhs.gov/aidsawarenessdays/factsheets/february7.html

Publications:

• HIV Vaccine Research: Creating Support Among Communities of Color (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
• HIV/AIDS and the Young African American Woman: Get Your Talk On (Pamphlet) [html]
• Serving Youth of Color (Transitions) [html] [pdf]
• When My Momma Talks... [poster] (page opens in new window)
• Young African American Women and HIV (From Research to Practice) [html] [pdf]
• Young Women of Color and the HIV Epidemic (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
• Young Women of Color and Their Risk for HIV and Other STIs (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
• You're Young, Black, Beautiful and Going Places [poster and postcards] (page opens in new window)
• Youth of Color—At Disproportionate Risk of Negative Sexual Health Outcomes (The Facts) [html] [pdf]

More Resources:

• HIV/STI Prevention and Treatment
• HIV Infection: Get the Facts
• Youth of Color
• www.mysistahs.org - a Web site by and for young women of color