Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Sun, Aug 20
|American South
Time & Location
Aug 20, 2023, 12:00 AM – Aug 21, 2023, 12:00 AM
American South
About the event
According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, "August 20 is Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day to raise awareness about HIV in southern communities. When we work to overcome barriers to HIV prevention, care, and treatment, we can #StopHIVTogether. https://bit.ly/3kkoi8V #SHAAD".
They have also published the blurb in Spanish: "El 20 de agosto es el Día de Concientización sobre el VIH/SIDA en el Sur de los Estados Unidos, un día para crear conciencia sobre el VIH en las comunidades del sur del país. #DetengamosJuntosElVIH superando las barreras a la prevención, la atención y el tratamiento del VIH. https://bit.ly/3r6IhZS #SHAAD".
To view NCDHHS information on this holiday and how to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, please click here.
"Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day". Epidemiology, NCDHHS, 16 Aug. 2022, https://epi.dph.ncdhhs.gov/cd/stds/programs/awareness/shaad.html#:~:text=Southern%20HIV%2FAIDS%20Awareness%20Day%20(SHAAD)%20is%20observed%20annually,of%20HIV%20in%20the%20South, Accessed 28 July 2023.