National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) was first observed on June 27, 1995. This is a day to encourage people to get tested for HIV, know their status, and get linked to care and treatment.
Knowing your HIV status helps you choose options to stay healthy.
HIV testing, including self-testing, is the pathway to engaging people in care to keep them healthy, regardless of their test result. People who receive a negative test result can take advantage of HIV prevention tools such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), condoms, and other sexual health services such as vaccines and testing for sexually transmitted infections. People who receive a positive test result can rapidly start HIV treatment (antiretroviral therapy, or ART) to stay healthy.
AHEAD (America's HIV Epidemic Analysis Dashboard) is a data visualization tool to track our collective progress toward meeting the goals of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. initiative.
As part of NHTD, please use the hashtag #HIVTestingDay on your social media channels and communicate to your audiences that there are many options for getting tested for HIV. HIV testing is a critical tool to help us end the HIV epidemic in the United States. We appreciate everything you contribute to help us achieve this goal.
Share These Resources
Learn about the Epidemic
Get basic HIV information from HIV.gov and CDC.
Get Involved
Share your plans with the hashtag #HIVTestingDay.
Use the Logo
- NHTD logo: English PNG (96 KB)
- HIV.gov branded NHTD logo: PNG (74 KB)
- HIV Testing & Care Service Locator: PNG (842 KB)
Use the Badge Code:
<a href="https://www.hiv.gov/events/awareness-days/hiv-testing-day"><img alt="National HIV Testing Day June 27" width="200" height="200" src="https://files.hiv.gov/s3fs-public/badge-national-hiv-testing-day.jpg" /></a>
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