Asian & Pacific Islander Day

4-10-2018Twitter was born in 2006. By 2007, 400,000 tweets posted per quarter. By February 2008, 100 million tweets posted per quarter. By June 2010, about 65 million tw…

5-29-2017Sometimes, I wish for a little more silence (i.e., peace and quiet) in my life. We’re so connected to our social networks, to work, and everything else in…

5-8-2017The May 2017 calendar includes multiple national health observances. Many people in the HIV community are getting ready for the May 19th observance of National …

5-19-2015Each national HIV/AIDS observance provides a chance to look at how we are communicating about where we stand in our national response to the HIV epidemic. Today…

5-19-2015May 19 is National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. It is a day to break the silence about HIV and AIDS in Asian and Pacific Islander commun…

5-17-2013The Banyan Tree Project launched Taking Root: Our Stories, Our Community last year for May 19, the National Asian & Pacific Islander (A&PI) HIV/AIDS Awa…

5-3-2013May 1 marks the start of the month-long observance of Hepatitis Awareness Month. The observance is an important element of government-wide efforts to raise awar…

5-15-2012At HIV.gov we’ve been thinking a lot about the power of storytelling. In the HIV community, everyone has a story to bring to the table, and more people ar…

5-19-2009Today is National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NAPIHAAD). This year's theme is “After a quarter century of HIV, compassion isn&#…

5-13-2008This month, the organizations planning and implementing HIV Vaccine Awareness Day are promoting these observances and expanding their reach by using traditional…