August 20
Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (SHAAD) is August 20. Founded by the Southern AIDS CoalitionExit Disclaimer, SHAAD is a day that individuals, communities, and organizations can unite to call attention to the disproportionate number of people living with HIV in the South. SHAAD is an opportunity to provide people in the South with HIV testing and linkage to HIV medical care if necessary, education on HIV prevention, including ways to stop HIV stigma, and other HIV-related care resources.
This year’s theme, “Power to the People!”, is meant to be a reminder of the immense power in one’s voice, one’s history, one’s joy, one’s dollar, and one’s vote. Together, we can make a lasting impact. You can find the Southern AID Coalition’s toolkit hereExit Disclaimer. With this toolkit you can:
- Find graphics to promote SHAAD and events in your own network through email and social media.Share this SHAAD photoframe to encourage those in your network to change their profile photos or share in their stories along with a blurb on how they are embracing their power for SHAAD 2024.
- Encourage your networks to register for the SHAAD Power Series – conversations taking place throughout the month beginning on August 20th!
- Find language and sample content to frame your own content for SHAAD 2024.
Watch this video about HIV stigma:
Share These Images with These Links
Find HIV Testing and Other Services
The HIV Testing & Care Services Locator contains information about PrEP and STI services. Embed the Locator in your site to connect your audience with these services and testing, housing, and mental health services, too.
Visit https://gettested.cdc.gov/.
We have the power to end HIV with tools like PrEP. Learn more about PrEP and other prevention options.
Learn More About HIV
Know the basics about HIV.
Get the latest HIV data by visiting CDC’s HIV Statistics Center. You can also view additional data through the AHEAD dashboard here.
Learn about the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S.
Get Involved
Be empowered—become a leader! The Southern AIDS Coalition offers a series of leadership development and education trainingsExit Disclaimer by and for Southerners living with HIV.
Use Federal Resources
Digital networking is a key avenue for health care providers and provider associations to engage with their peers and association members about best practices for HIV screening, treatment, and prevention. Get started with CDC’s Let’s Stop HIV Together digital toolkit for clinicians.
Share the Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign's social media graphics and posts for Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (SHAAD) to help spark conversations about HIV and reduce HIV stigma in the Southern United States.
CDC’s Let’s Stop HIV Together (Together) campaign is the national campaign of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Together is an evidence-based campaign created in English and Spanish. It aims to empower communities, partners, and health care providers to reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV testing, prevention, and treatment.
HIV diagnoses is one of the six Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. indicators. HIV diagnoses refers to the number of people who received an HIV diagnosis each year. View CDC’s Fast Facts: HIV in the United States to view data that compares HIV diagnoses in the South to other regions in the U.S.
Use Social Media
Follow @HIVgovExit Disclaimer and use #SHAAD.