National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day is an annual observance day was created to raise awareness among African Americans about HIV/AIDS and its devastating impact on African American communities. National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day will take place February 7th, 2012.

The day is part of a national mobilization effort to get African Americans to learn more about the threat posed by the disease, get tested, get treated and make a commitment to fight HIV/AIDS.

Here in Washington, DC there is no question that African Americans are disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS. Of the 842 cases of HIV/AIDS among men who have sex with men from 2001 to 2006, 63% were among black men.

National Black AIDS Awareness Day is a great opportunity to raise awareness of how HIV/AIDS impacts Black gay and bisexual men. To learn more about the National Black AIDS Awareness Day, visit www.blackaidsday.org.