05/06/2024
HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day ( ) honors long-term survivors of HIV and increases visibility of their needs, health issues, and journeys. The annual observance on June 5 coincides with the anniversary of the first reported cases of what later became known as AIDS. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the first cases on June 5, 1981 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Today, people are living with HIV and thriving as depicted in our latest advertising campaign. Thanks to decades of successful HIV research and new treatments, people with HIV are living longer, resulting in a growing population of long-term survivors and people who are aging with HIV.
Now everyone living with HIV can be a long term survivor and keep on thriving.