National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day is a project of Advocates for Youth along with founding partners Adolescent AIDS Program at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center, AIDS Alabama, AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth & Families, AIDS TaskForce of Greater Cleveland, AIDS United, Hetrick-Martin Institute, Metro TeenAIDS, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), National Black Gay Men's Advocacy Coalition, National Minority AIDS Council, and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
Today's young people are the first generation who have never known a world without HIV and AIDS. In the United States, one in three new HIV infections is among youth ages 13 to 24. Despite this harsh reality, young people and their allies are determined to end this pandemic once and for all.
The creation of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day is a momentous step towards acknowledging and addressing the needs of youth — and towards holding our leaders accountable each year as we continue this fight. Only by investing in young people in all aspects of the HIV and AIDS response will we achieve the dream of an AIDS-free
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