National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NNHAAD
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National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NNHAAD

March 20
#NNHAAD
Theme

It’s All Relative, Our Experience Makes a Difference.

National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. March 20, 2022

March 20

National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day was first observed in 2007. This day is observed on the first day of Spring each year. The 2024 observance is recognized on March 20th.

The theme for 2024 is “It’s All Relative, Our Experience Makes a Difference.” This theme acknowledges the invaluable contribution of Native communities in ending the HIV epidemic, underscoring the significance of Native visibility in national HIV strategies and funding opportunities.

The National Native HIV NetworkExit Disclaimer plans the observance each year. The observance is a national mobilization effort designed to encourage American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians across the United States and Territorial Areas to become educated, get tested, engage in prevention, and seek treatment for HIV.

You can learn more about HISstory, HERstory, THEIRstory, OURstory: Sorytelling as Resilience, an initiative aimed at increasing awareness and knowledge of HIV and breaking down the barriers of HIV/AIDS stigma in indigenous communities through the tradition of story telling here.

To support the development of comprehensive solutions to end the HIV epidemic in Indian Country, the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, alongside the Indian Health Service National HIV Program, and other partners, created The Indigenous HIV/AIDS Syndemic Strategy: Weaving Together the National HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis PlansExit Disclaimer. This document contains emerging practices, existing initiatives, as well as traditional Indigenous knowledge that can be used by Tribal decision-makers to develop community-tailored interventions that address the syndemics of HIV, STIs, and viral hepatitis.

You can stay updated on NNHAAD 2024 by visiting www.nnhaad.orgExit Disclaimer, following NNHAAD on FacebookExit Disclaimer and InstagramExit Disclaimer, and following #NNHAAD.

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Find HIV Testing and Other Services

HIV Prevention and Service Locator

Use the HIV Testing Sites & Care Services Locator. Add the locator to your site.

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/.

Graphics

National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2024

Visit the NNHAAD siteExit Disclaimer for materials.

Use and share the Network’s 2024 poster (11”x17”)Exit Disclaimer. Visit this pageExit Disclaimer for other NNHAAD graphics.

Copy the Badge Code: <a href="https://www.hiv.gov/events/awareness-days/native"><img src="https://files.hiv.gov/s3fs-public/styles/large/public/2024-03/2024-NNHAAD-Instagram.jpg?itok=PGGGA55C" alt="National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Logo" width="150" height="150" class="wad-images" style=" padding: 10px;" /></a>

Federal Resources

Know More Hepatitis

Read about the Indian Health Service HIV/AIDS Program.

Share the Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign's social media graphics and posts for National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD) to help spark conversations about HIV and reduce HIV stigma in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities.

CDC’s Let’s Stop HIV Together (Together) campaign is the national campaign of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Together is an evidence-based campaign created in English and Spanish. It aims to empower communities, partners, and health care providers to reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV testing, prevention, and treatment.

Read this CDC feature about NNHAAD.

Share these videos from CDC:

Learn about the Epidemic

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Learn the HIV Basics. Know the Facts, Take Care of Yourself.

Get fact sheet s and other resources.

View “Positively Native”, a new short film on HIV stigma, and share the toolkitExit Disclaimer (PDF, 1.4 MB) from the Urban Indian Health Institute.

Events

Toolkits

A Toolkit for Advancing the Uptake and Use of PrEP in Indian Country

Check out these toolkits from The National Indian Health Board, funded by Indian Health Service through the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund.

Use Digital Communication

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Change first paragraph to read: Use the hashtag #NNHAAD. Other hashtags in play include #ZeroIsPossibleTogether and #NativeHIV.

Watch this Facebook Live video for tips on using social media for HIV/AIDS observances.

Watch these short videos