| Founded in 1983, National HIV Testing Day is an | | | | HIV/AIDS as people nationwide learn and get to |
| annual campaign by the National Association of People | | | | know about the various facts about HIV/AIDS and |
| with AIDS . It is the oldest coalition of people living | | | | their HIV status. As such they can take care of their |
| with HIV/AIDS in the world and the oldest U.S. | | | | health and protect their lives. |
| national AIDS organization. It encourages individuals to | | | | Apart from the counseling and testing the National |
| receive voluntary HIV counseling and testing. | | | | HIV Testing Day also clears doubts and myths |
| The National HIV Testing Day is beneficial to all. It is | | | | related with HIV Testing. It is also able to reach to |
| beneficial to both the HIV positive as well as the HIV | | | | those who have never been tested before.There are |
| negative.The counseling and testing helps people with | | | | many 'Americans' with HIV who are diagnosed quite |
| HIV virus to take steps to protect their own health | | | | late in the course of the infection and are not able to |
| and at the same time the health of their partners.It | | | | benefit from life prolonging treatments. The National |
| also helps people who test negative to get | | | | HIV Testing Day brings awareness to all as HIV |
| information and knowledge to protect them from | | | | testing is easier, accessible and less invasive than |
| being infected. | | | | ever.HIV Testing also reduces new infections as |
| NAPWA distributes kits to community groups and | | | | when a person comes to know about being HIV |
| health departments so that they can help the | | | | positive, that person takes necessary precautions so |
| National HIV Testing Day campaigns and events | | | | that the disease does not spread any further. |
| targeting their local communities.Workers at | | | | Near about 1 million people in United States are HIV |
| thousands of sites give free and confidential Testing | | | | positive, out of which nearly twenty percent are |
| and distribute vital information. | | | | unaware of their being HIV positive. The National HIV |
| The National Testing Day is significant as it helps | | | | Testing Day creates awareness and as such helps |
| people to fight against the threatening and incurable | | | | the people to know their status and protect them. |