National Asian and Pacific Islander (API) HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Part of the "NEHEC-MAI" series.
MAY 19
About the Day
The Facts
Resources
Take Action
About the Day
May 19 is National Asian and Pacific Islander (API) HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The Banyan Tree Project 
--a national campaign to fight HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination in API communities—is the lead for this day.
The Facts
According to the CDC, the number of APIs living with AIDS has climbed by more than 10 percent in each of the last 5 years. Sixty-seven percent of API men living with HIV/AIDS in 2005 are men who have had sex with other men. Eighty percent of API women living with HIV/AIDS in 2005 were infected through heterosexual contact.
Resources
- Posters
View, download and customize this poster to promote your National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day events! - Fact Sheets
Download Asian and Pacific Islander and HIV/AIDS fact sheets and post them on bulletin boards, share with local newspapers, and distribute at events! - Events, PSAs, and other Materials
Find events, download materials and listen to public service announcements (PSAs) for National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. - Websites
- www.AIDS.gov is the gateway to all Federal domestic information on HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, treatment, research, policies and resources.
- www.banyantreeproject.org - public service announcements, events listings, and other important resources.
- www.hivtest.org -To find an HIV testing location near you.
- Mobile Resources
Send a text message with your zip code to KNOWIT (566948) to find an HIV testing center near you.
Learn more about this event here. 
Phone:
(617) 262-5657