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Statement of Admiral Joxel Garcia, Assistant Secretary for Health, on NLAAD, October 15, 2008

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National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

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National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

OCTOBER 15

UNIDOS PODEMOS: DETENGAMOS ALVIH/SIDA. LA PREVENCIÓN EMPIEZA CON NOSOTROS.
United we can. HIV/AIDS Stops here. Prevention starts with us.

October 15 is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). This day marks an opportunity to increase awareness of the devastating and disproportionate effects of AIDS in the Latino community. NLAAD is also a day to encourage HIV testing and to push for support from public officials and religious leaders.

The Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA), the Hispanic Federation and many other organizations organize this day. Hispanics/Latinos, who represent only 15% of the total U.S. population, make up 18% of new HIV infections. Among Latinos, men make up the vast majority of new HIV infections (76%), but Latino women are also at disproportionate risk for HIV. They are infected with HIV at a rate four times greater than white women.

RESOURCES

• Posters
  View, download and customize these posters to promote your National Latino AIDS Awareness Day events!
• Fact Sheets
  Download Hispanics and HIV/AIDS fact sheets and post them on bulletin boards, share with local newspapers, and distribute at events!
  Read about the new CDC HIV incidence data and get information on subpopulations.
• Mobile Resources
  To find an HIV Testing location near you, send a text message with your ZIP code to KNOWIT (566948) or visit www.hivtest.org
• Websites
  For federal information on NLAAD in Spanish, visit InfoSIDA.
  Visit CDC's NLAAD feature page.
• Webisodes
  To view multicultural webisodes on the link between drug abuse and HIV, go to the Drugs + HIV > Learn the Link campaign. (also available in Spanish).