Resources for 2024 National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day

Content From: HIV.govPublished: October 10, 20242 min read

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Summary: Since 2003, each year on October 15, National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) focuses on HIV in Hispanic/Latino and Latinx communities. The day is an opportunity to help address the disproportionate impact of HIV in Hispanic/Latino and Latinx communities, promote HIV testing, and stop HIV stigma.


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Each year on October 15, National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) focuses on HIV in Hispanic/Latino and Latinx communities. The Latino Commission on AIDSExit Disclaimer (LCOA) and the Hispanic Federation created this observance in 2003 as an opportunity to help address the disproportionate impact of HIV in Hispanic/Latino and Latinx communities, promote HIV testing, and stop HIV stigma. This year’s theme is “Start Treatment. Stick to It. Get Better.” The campaign urges people with HIV to choose one of many treatment options to maintain their health and reach an undetectable viral load to stop the spread of HIV.

NLAAD is an opportunity to share information and the following resources about HIV:

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This community is among those disproportionately affected by HIV compared to other racial/ethnic groups. According to the CDC, of the 31,800 new HIV diagnoses among adolescents and adults ≥13 years in the United States and dependent areas in 2022, 33% were among Hispanic/Latino people. Hispanic/Latino gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men are listed among the priority populations in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), which has specific goals to address this disparity. The NHAS calls for ensuring resources are focused on communities and populations where the need is greatest and creating funding opportunities that specifically address social and structural drivers of health in these communities.