National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 20 is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) are ranked third in the nation in the rate of AIDS diagnosis compared to all other races and ethnicities.
The National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC)
, Colorado State University's Center for Applied Studies in American Ethnicity (CASAE), and Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. (ITCA) organize and implement the Day.
To learn more about this day, please visit the IHS HIV Program website.
To locate a testing site near you, please visit www.hivtest.org.
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That's a startling fact about American Indians and Alaskan Natives. I hope that anyone who has contracted this disease can take care of themselves and get help as quickly as possible. It's a terrible thing and I hope we can find a cure quickly.
Posted by: Check City | April 10, 2008 at 02:59 PM
It is very fine to see an AIDS blog belonging to government. There are thousands of national native people daily keeping track of your news. AIDS/HIV especially affect afroamericans and natives in our country. Government makes its best for informing native american people on AIDS disease and AIDS/HIV prevention
It is great job. Thanks for all officers who deal with AIDS cure, HIV cure and HIV prevention
Posted by: murat | April 22, 2008 at 01:34 PM