Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
May 19, 2006
May 19 is the second annual observance of Asian and Pacific Islander (API)
HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This day is designed to focus on the fight against
HIV-related discrimination and the stigma HIV carries particularly in the API
culture and communities.
The theme of this year's API HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is "Educate, Motivate, and
Mobilize against HIV/AIDS!" By raising awareness and educating the API
population about HIV/AIDS, the stigma surrounding the disease will
diminish and bring the API community together in the fight against the
devastating impact HIV/AIDS is having on its population.
The
following links provide information related to Asian and Pacific Islander
HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, including HIV/AIDS-related brochures on treatment,
prevention, and census information for the API population.
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Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Sites
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Office of Minority
Health's Asian & Pacific Islander Americans (API) and HIV/AIDS Observance page:
In recognition of National API HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services has created this Web site, which provides information
on prevention, testing, treatment, and vaccine research.
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Office of
Minority Health's Asian & Pacific Islander Americans and HIV/AIDS
Resources: A list of resources for APIs,
including links to brochures, census information, HIV/AIDS information,
HIV/AIDS treatment information, Asian language information, and others.
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National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Asian and Pacific Islander
HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Press Release:
Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health on National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day May 19, 2006.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Information
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CDC, Division of HIV/AIDS
Prevention Web site: This Web page has statistical information regarding
HIV/AIDS among APIs.
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CDC, Surveillance by
Ethnicity: HIV/AIDS surveillance data by race/ethnicity (through 2004).
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Other API HIV/AIDS Resources
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NIH FY 2007 Plan for HIV-Related Research: Racial and Ethnic Minorities.
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National Library of
Medicine's Asian American HIV/AIDS resource page: Links to many
Asian-American HIV/AIDS information resources.
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Office
of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's healthfinder page for API Americans: More links to several API resources.
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National
Prevention Information Network page on Asian and Pacific Islanders:
Features links to information on surveillance data;
current HIV-related
knowledge, attitudes, and practices among the API population; reproductive
health information;
and HIV behavior prevention among APIs.
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Asian/Pacific
Islanders and HIV/AIDS in the United States: Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) fact sheet about API and HIV/AIDS in the Uinted States,
including 2003 surveillance information.
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HIV
Infection in Minority Populations: Fact sheet published by NIAID about minority populations
and HIV.
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Men
Who Have Sex with Men: Answers About HIV Vaccine Research: A NIAID
brochure that shows the breakdown of new HIV cases among MSM by race.
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Calendar
of Events: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Divisions of
HIV/AIDS Prevention calendar of events.
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