President Obama Encourages Everyone to Learn Their HIV Status on
National HIV Testing Day This June 27
Video address raising HIV/AIDS awareness includes footage of President and First Lady taking an HIV test in Kenya in 2006.
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June 27, 2009 ~ Washington, DC ~ President Obama has posted a video address on the White House blog encouraging everyone to learn their status on National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), which is being honored today, June 27, throughout the nation. In the clip, which begins with footage of the President and First lady taking an HIV test during a 2006 trip to Kenya, President Obama says, "HIV/AIDS makes no distinction and knows no borders ... Get Tested. By knowing your HIV status, you can take control not only of your own health, but the health of those around you."
One in five Americans currently living with HIV doesn't know it. If our President and First Lady can get tested -- you can too. To find a testing site near you visit http://www.hivtest.org or text KNOWIT to 566948.
And to learn more about HIV testing and what you can do to spread the message, visit cdc.gov and aids.gov.
About NHTD
Held annually on this date since 1995, when it was established by the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA), National HIV Testing Day is a united effort among local organizations across the nation to engage communities in the promotion of early diagnosis and HIV-testing.
About NMAC
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) has advanced its mission, “to develop leadership within communities of color to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS” since 1987 through individualized capacity building assistance; technical assistance trainings; public policy education programs; national and regional conferences; treatment and research education programs; online and printed resource materials; and a website: http://www.nmac.org/. The agency also serves as a membership association for its constituents AIDS service organizations and minority faith- and community-based organizations delivering HIV/AIDS services in communities of color and advocates on their behalf in Washington, DC.
NMAC's advocacy efforts are funded through private funders and donors only. For more information, please contact NMAC directly at (202) 483-NMAC (6622) or communications@nmac.org. You may find us online at http://www.nmac.org/, as well as on Facebook.com, Wikipedia.com, Twitter.com, MyPhotoAlbum.com and YouTube.com.
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