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\nNational Latinx AIDS Awareness Day external icon* (NLAAD), coordinated by the Latino Commission on AIDS external icon, is October 15. This year\u2019s theme, Living with HIV or not \u2026 we\u2019re in this Together, reminds us that regardless of our HIV status, we can work together to reduce new HIV diagnoses, improve health, and end HIV in the United States. Join us on NLAAD to increase awareness about HIV among Hispanics/Latinos \u2020 and learn more about HIV testing, prevention, and treatment.
\nHispanics/Latinos accounted for 26% of new HIV diagnoses in the United States and dependent areas\u2021 in 2017, despite making up only 18% of the US population. From 2010 to 2016, new HIV diagnoses decreased 20% among Hispanic women/Latinas and decreased 17% among Hispanic/Latino heterosexual men. Although these encouraging signs show progress in the nation\u2019s HIV prevention efforts, we still have work to do. During the same period, HIV diagnoses increased 6% among Hispanics/Latinos overall and increased 18% among Hispanic/Latino gay and bisexual men.
\nOn NLAAD, remember that no matter your HIV status, you can raise awareness about the importance of HIV testing, promote HIV prevention and treatment options, and help fight stigma. We also urge everyone to learn more about the proposed federal initiative, Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America, which gives us hope that new HIV diagnoses can be dramatically reduced in the United States in the next decade.
\nOctober 15 is National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day. Let\u2019s Stop HIV Together is a national campaign that raises awareness that we all have a role to play in stopping HIV stigma.
\n \nGet the facts. Learn the facts about HIV and share this information with your partners, family, friends, and community. Visit CDC\u2019s Let\u2019s Stop HIV Together campaign (formerly Act Against AIDS) for resources aimed at stopping HIV stigma and promoting HIV testing, prevention, and treatment.
\nGet tested. 1 in 6 Hispanics/Latinos with HIV do not know they have it. CDC recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 get tested for HIV at least once as part of routine health care and those at high risk get tested at least once a year. Some sexually active gay and bisexual men may benefit from more frequent testing (every 3 to 6 months).
\nTo find a testing site near you, use the Let\u2019s Stop HIV Together testing locator, text your ZIP code to KNOWIT (566948), or call 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636). You can also use a home testing kit, available in drugstores or online.
\nIf you have HIV, get in care and stay on treatment. Start treatment as soon as possible after you get a diagnosis. It is important to take your HIV medicine as prescribed by your doctor, to make sure you keep an undetectable viral load. People who have HIV and who take medication daily as prescribed and maintain an undetectable viral load can live long, healthy lives and have effectively no risk of sexually transmitting the virus to an HIV-negative partner. See your provider regularly to monitor your health.
\nIf you know you are HIV-negative, the following activities are highly effective for preventing HIV:
\nThe following actions can also help lower your risk of getting HIV:
\nYou can learn more about how to protect yourself and your partners and get information tailored to meet your needs from CDC\u2019s HIV Risk Reduction Tool.
\nHealth departments, community-based organizations (CBOs), providers, and other partners can:
\n* The term Latinx is used by advocacy groups and serves as a gender-neutral alternative to Latino/Latina.
\u2020 Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.
\u2021 American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Republic of Palau, and the US Virgin Islands.