Awareness Days

This day honors long-term survivors of the epidemic and raises awareness of their needs, issues and journeys.

First observed on June 27, 1995, National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is a day to encourage people to get tested for HIV, know their status, and get linked to care and treatment.

RAHMA and its partners lead the planning for National Faith HIV & AIDS Awareness Day , The observance is intended to engage faith communities to work together for HIV/AIDS education, prevention, treatment, care and support, and to reduce and eliminate stigma and discrimination. NFHAAD was first observed in 2017.

The AIDS Institute leads this observance day. This day brings attention to the growing number of people living long and full lives with HIV and to their health and social needs.

In 2008 the National Association of People with AIDS launched this observance day to recognize the disproportionate impact of the epidemic on gay men.

World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988. Each year, organizations and individuals across the world bring attention to the HIV epidemic, endeavor to increase HIV awareness and knowledge, speak out against HIV stigma, and call for an increased response to move toward Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S..

This observance is an opportunity to increase HIV education, testing, community involvement, and treatment among black communities. The first National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) was marked in 1999 as a grassroots-education effort to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS prevention, care, and treatment in communities of color.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health leads this day. Other federal agencies also support this observance including The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day was first observed in 2007. This day is observed on the first day of Spring each year.