February 7
The Strategic Leadership Council plans NBHAAD each year.
This observance is an opportunity to increase HIV education, testing, community involvement, and treatment among black communities.
The first National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) was marked in 1999 as a grassroots-education effort to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS prevention, care, and treatment in communities of color.
Federal Resources
![Together for Love. Stop HIV Stigma. Together for Love. Stop HIV Stigma.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218041115im_/https://files.hiv.gov/s3fs-public/cdc-hiv-nbhaad-2020-awareness-instagram.jpg)
Use the Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign resources to fight stigma.
Get Involved
![More New Media](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218041115im_/https://www.hiv.gov/sites/default/files/images/new-media.png)
Learn about Ending the Epidemic: A Plan for America and the Ready, Set, PrEP program.
Use the hashtag #NBHAAD.
Get Greater Than AIDS materials.
Watch these short videos
- Tips on using social media for HIV/AIDS observances.
- Tips for creating a great Facebook Live.
- What makes a good Instagram story?
- When is it good to put a gif in a Tweet?
Check out the CDC’s social media kit.
Graphics
![National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218041115im_/https://www.hiv.gov/sites/default/files/images/badge-national-black-hiv-awareness.png)
Find HIV Testing and Other Services
![HIV Prevention and Service Locator](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218041115im_/https://files.hiv.gov/s3fs-public/nbhaad-feb-5.jpg)
Use the HIV Testing Sites & Care Services Locator.
Learn about Ready, Set, PrEP, a nationwide program that makes PrEP medications that provides access to PrEP medications at no cost to people who qualify.
Visit https://gettested.cdc.gov/.
Share These Videos
![Positive Spin Positive Spin](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218041115im_/https://files.hiv.gov/s3fs-public/PositiveSpin_FacebookInstream_v2.jpg)
Positive Spin is a series of real stories from real people about their unique experiences along the HIV Continuum of Care.
Watch the trailer.
Share your story with #mypositivespin.
Learn about the Epidemic
![Learn about the Epidemic](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218041115im_/https://www.hiv.gov/sites/default/files/images/wad-epidemic.jpg)
Read CDC’s fact sheets about HIV among African Americans and about HIV and African American Gay and Bisexual Men.
Learn the HIV Basics. Know the Facts, Take Care of Yourself.