NATIONAL WOMEN & GIRLS HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY

(Monroe County, Fla) – National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) is observed each year on March 10 to raise awareness about the impact of HIV on women and girls in the United States.

  • National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day aims to increase awareness and highlight the work being done to reduce HIV infections among women and girls while showing support for those women living with HIV.
  • Womankind and Florida Department of Health in Monroe County (DOH-Monroe) events: March 8, 2024
    at Womankind in Key West and March 12, 2024 at Womankind in Marathon from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Womankind and DOH-Monroe will be offering free HIV testing, self-care talk, and prevention education, prevention goody bags (condoms, lube, dental dams) and the University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center Game Changer Bus will offer cancer screenings.
  • In 2019 there were 34,800 estimated new HIV infections and of those 18% (6,400) were among women.
  • 1 in every 9 Women with HIV are unaware they have it according to the CDC.
  • Black/African American women are disproportionally affected by HIV making up 54% of new HIV diagnoses.
  • Know your HIV Status. Testing is available at the DOH-Monroe by appointment please call (305) 293-7500. In-home self-testing HIV kits are also available.
  • HIV prevention is possible: Get on PrEP!
  • For more information on PrEP, condoms and to receive an in-home self-testing HIV kit please visit:www.testflkeys.org or contact Lisset Ivey, EIC, at: (305) 676-3938.
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