February 5, 2016

                                                                       
DOH-Miami-Dade Observes National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day      

Contact:
Communications Office
786-336-1276

Miami, Fla. –The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County recognizes National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) on Sunday, February 7, 2016, a national HIV testing and treatment community mobilization initiative.  The theme this year is “I am my Brother/Sister’s Keeper: Fight HIV/AIDS.”

Sunday marks the 16^th year for NBHAAD which was founded to bring attention to the growing HIV and AIDS epidemic in African American communities.

The NBHAAD initiative leverages a national platform to educate, bring awareness, and mobilize the African American community. These are the four key focus areas which encourage people to:

• Get Educated about HIV and AIDS;
• Get Involved in community prevention efforts;
• Get Tested to know their status; and
• Get Treated to receive the continuum of care needed to live with HIV/AIDS.

In Miami-Dade, the proportion of newly reported adult HIV Infection cases in this population decreased from 48 percent in 2005 to 34 percent in 2014.

For more information, please call 305-643-7420 ext. 22825. To learn where to get tested please visit www.testmiami.org or www.wemakethechange.com/.

Data sources: http://www.nhaad.org and https://www.floridahealth.gov

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