National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a national HIV testing and treatment initiative designed to encourage Blacks across the United States to get educated, get tested, get involved and get treated.
While Blacks represent 13% of the U.S. population, the Center of Disease control and Prevention reports that the group accounts for 49% of the nation’s AIDs cases.
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