National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day --- February 7, 2020

Published on January 30, 2020

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed each year on February 7 to highlight the continuing disproportionate impact of human immuno¬deficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome (AIDS) on the U.S. black or African American population.

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