Office of AIDS

HIV and African Americans

• National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS

• HIV/AIDS Among-African Americans in California: Epidemiologic Data and Research Overview (PPT)
• Strategic Response for African Americans and HIV/AIDS (PPT)
• African Americans and HIV: CA Office of AIDS Response (PPT)

Other HIV and African American-Related Links:

• On March 4, 2010, the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) released, i know, a new social media effort of CDC’s Act Against AIDS campaign, to combat HIV among African American young adults. i know is designed to encourage young African American men and women aged 18–24 to talk openly and often about HIV/AIDS with their peers, partners, and families, online and off. For more information, go to the i know Web site at www.actagainstaids.org. (posted March 4, 2010)
• NASTAD Black/African American Documents and Resources (PDF)
• African American HIV-Related Resources (OneLoveCA) - HIV-related educational resources for California African American Communities.
• Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS and Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (PDF)- (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS among African Americans (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)HIV/AIDS: Crisis Among Young Black and Latino Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) (PDF)- National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) Brief #1.
• Greater than AIDS - A coordinated national campaign to mobilize Black Americans in response to AIDS and promote specific calls-to-action to prevent and reduce the further spread of HIV.
• HIV/AIDS: Crisis Among Young Black and Latino Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) (PDF)- National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) Brief #1.
• The Kaiser Family Foundation Survey Brief: Views and Experiences with HIV Testing Among African Americans in the U.S. examines African Americans' reported views and experiences with HIV testing. The U.S. AIDS epidemic has disproportionately affected African Americans, who account for nearly half of new infections, while representing just 12 percent of the U.S. population. The brief highlights trends in African Americans’ reported experiences with HIV testing, and differences among African Americans by age and gender.
• National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) Public Service Announcement:

  African American Women GET REAL about AIDS - Three generations of African American women speak directly to their peers about the importance of discussing HIV/AIDS with each other and their families and learing their status.

• National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, February 7