National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is May 19. It was first observed in 2005.
The theme for the 2016 observance is “Saving face can’t make you safe. Talk about HIV.”
The Banyan Tree Project plans and implements this observance with support from the CDC.
Locate HIV Testing and Other Services
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Use and share the HIV Testing Sites & Care Services Locator.
Learn about the Locator app for iPhone and iPad and download the app here .
You can also visit https://gettested.cdc.gov/.
Graphics, Logos and Widgets
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Add the National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day logo to your materials.
Get posters in several languages from The Banyan Tree Project.
Add the HIV Testing Sites & Care Services Locator to your site. Get the widget.
Download the HIV/AIDS Awareness Days postcard here (PDF, 1.49MB).
Use Twitter and Pinterest
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Use the hashtag #APIMay19 to talk about the day.
Check out AIDS.gov on Pinterest and learn about using Pinterest in response to HIV.
Follow @BTPMay19 and @AIDSgov
for updates about the HIV/AIDS observances.
Follow Blogs
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Read and share this post about the use of digital tools to promote National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
Subscribe to the AIDS.gov blog to hear about the HIV/AIDS awareness days, new media and the response to HIV and more.
Watch These Videos
![Lance Toma, Executive Director, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center Lance Toma, Executive Director, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170125025843im_/https://www.aids.gov/images/api-videos.png)
View and share this "Conversations with AIDS.gov" video with Lance Toma, Executive Director, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center.
Watch these stories by Asian and Pacific Islanders living with or affected by HIV.
Use New Media
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Learn about new media and HIV.
Read and share the new media declaration.
How can you use new media to enhance our response to HIV/AIDS?
Use these CDC Resources
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Learn about the Doing It campaign.
Visit the CDC resource page about HIV/AIDS and Asian & Pacific Islanders.
Learn about the Affordable Care Act
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Visit Healthcare.gov to find out about the Health Insurance Marketplace and more.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has translated “The Health Care Law and You”, a presentation tool from healthcare.gov to educate community members. Download versions in ten languages.
View an infographic about the Affordable Care Act and the AAPI community (PDF, 676KB).
Read the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
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In July 2015, the White House released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020 (PDF 2.18 MB).
Talk about it with your friends and colleagues.
Read the Federal Action Plan. (PDF, 772 KB). Watch Our Strategy: HIV Community Voices from Across the U.S.
Learn about the Epidemic
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Get fact sheets about the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Learn the HIV/AIDS Basics. Know the Facts, Take Care of Yourself.
Learn about viral hepatitis and Hepatitis Testing Day (observed on May 19).
Learn about HIV among Asians and among Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (NHOPI) in the United States.
Learn about PEPFAR
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Read and share the PEFPAR Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-free Generation (PDF, 2.6 MB) and fact sheet.
Learn more about PEPFAR.