TAI Announces Event Registration Link and Poster Series Release for National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day
August 3, 2011
The AIDS Institute is pleased to announce that the event registration link is active for the 4th annual National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD) scheduled for September 18, 2011. The theme for NHAAAD is "Aging is a part of life; HIV doesn't have to be".
Press Release attached in PDF below, and in text in this page as follows:
Media Contact: Michelle Scavnicky, 813-258-5929, mscavnicky@theaidsinstitute.org
NHAAAD focuses on the challenging issues facing the aging population including HIV prevention, care and treatment. The campaign primarily targets 1) People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) who are aging with the disease or already over 50 at the time of their initial diagnosis, 2) Increasing use of protection from HIV infection, especially among the baby boomer population, and 3) Increasing number of grandparents becoming the primary guardians for children who have lost their parent(s) to HIV/AIDS.
The AIDS Institute (TAI) invites organizations and community members who plan, implement and participate in awareness activities or events on or around September18, 2011, register their events at 2011 NHAAAD Event Registration.
"We are very excited to launch the registration link for NHAAAD. We strongly encourage those planning events to register them, not only on a local, regional but national level to truly gain support for these events through TAI's ongoing marketing efforts", states Michelle Scavnicky, Director of Education at The AIDS Institute.
In addition, the NHAAAD poster series was recently developed by The AIDS Institute along with its partners to assist individuals or organizations in their outreach, media and marketing efforts. The goal of the poster series is to emphasize the 30 year anniversary of HIV, highlight relevant data regarding the HIV/AIDS and aging population, and use diverse images in the overall messaging resulting in a broader reach among the target population.
To register your event, please visit 2011 NHAAAD Event Registration.
To download the NHAAAD poster series and other campaign materials, please visit www.NHAAAD.org.
Information from www.napwa.org :The AIDS Institute is pleased to announce that the event registration link is active for the 4th annual National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD) scheduled for September 18, 2011. The theme for NHAAAD is "Aging is a part of life; HIV doesn't have to be".
Press Release attached in PDF below, and in text in this page as follows:
National Policy Office- Washington, DC: 202-835-8373
Program and Administrative Office- Tampa, FL: 813-258-5929
For Immediate Release: 8.3.11Media Contact: Michelle Scavnicky, 813-258-5929, mscavnicky@theaidsinstitute.org
THE AIDS Institute Announces event registration Link and the Release of poster series for
National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness DAY
Washington, DC-The AIDS Institute is pleased to announce that the event registration link is active for the 4th annual National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD) scheduled for September 18, 2011. The theme for NHAAAD is "Aging is a part of life; HIV doesn't have to be".National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness DAY
NHAAAD focuses on the challenging issues facing the aging population including HIV prevention, care and treatment. The campaign primarily targets 1) People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) who are aging with the disease or already over 50 at the time of their initial diagnosis, 2) Increasing use of protection from HIV infection, especially among the baby boomer population, and 3) Increasing number of grandparents becoming the primary guardians for children who have lost their parent(s) to HIV/AIDS.
The AIDS Institute (TAI) invites organizations and community members who plan, implement and participate in awareness activities or events on or around September18, 2011, register their events at 2011 NHAAAD Event Registration.
"We are very excited to launch the registration link for NHAAAD. We strongly encourage those planning events to register them, not only on a local, regional but national level to truly gain support for these events through TAI's ongoing marketing efforts", states Michelle Scavnicky, Director of Education at The AIDS Institute.
In addition, the NHAAAD poster series was recently developed by The AIDS Institute along with its partners to assist individuals or organizations in their outreach, media and marketing efforts. The goal of the poster series is to emphasize the 30 year anniversary of HIV, highlight relevant data regarding the HIV/AIDS and aging population, and use diverse images in the overall messaging resulting in a broader reach among the target population.
To register your event, please visit 2011 NHAAAD Event Registration.
To download the NHAAAD poster series and other campaign materials, please visit www.NHAAAD.org.
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The AIDS Institute at: (202) 835-8373, or by email at: Info@theaidsinstitute.org or www.TheAIDSInstitute.org
The AIDS Institute at: (202) 835-8373, or by email at: Info@theaidsinstitute.org or www.TheAIDSInstitute.org
NAPWA founded NGMHAAD in 2008 to raise gay men's awareness of the HIV epidemic and the role they can play in bringing it to an end.
Too much of what was true in 2008 is still true today:
- At least 1.1 million Americans are living today with HIV.
- Half of them are men who have sex with men.
- One in five doesn't know he is infected.
- At least half, possibly as many as three-quarters of new infections come from people who don't know they are infected themselves.
- There is no cure yet for HIV. "Cocktail" drugs control the virus and keep us alive, but even with the "cocktail, life with HIV is no picnic.
- If we're positive, we do better medically if we know it early and start treatment early.
- When we're in treatment, we're less likely to infect others. (But don't throw out your condoms!)
- We have tools today to slow the epidemic down: treatment as prevention, PrEP for high-risk groups, and our old friends Safe(r) Sex and Safe(r) drug use. We were here at the epidemic's beginning. Let's be here for its end!
• Increase gay men's sense of urgency about the epidemic.
• Help them understand their risks and learn how to protect themselves and others.
• Motivate them to seek testing and treatment if they test positive.
• Enlist them to HIV stigma and homophobia.
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