February 2022
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Black History Month February 2022 Black Health and Wellness
Health and wellness is a basic human right, a right many people of color have been denied throughout history to the present day. Systemic racism has negatively impacted communities of color, ranging from a lack of basic information, equal access to health care, and overall well-being.
Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Also known as African American History Month, the event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history. National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day- February 7, 2022
The first National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) was marked in 1999 as a grassroots-education effort to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS prevention, care, and treatment in communities of color. Let’s celebrate the progress in reducing new HIV diagnoses among Black people while recognizing that to #StopHIVTogether, we must address barriers like racism, homophobia, & transphobia. National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) is part of a major offensive against HIV/AIDS spreading in the African American community.
Increased education efforts and a continued push for testing and treatment options, there are approximately 471,500 African Americans living with HIV, according to the CDC. However, the number of newly infected people is declining or leveling off. After 18 years of persistent grassroots efforts to forge partnerships in funding research, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day still matters because it keeps the conversation going not only in the black community, but in all communities. February 2022