On May 19, 2025 – CHIPTS will join partners across the U.S. in observing National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day to raise awareness and promote action against HIV and AIDS within Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities. It also emphasizes the importance of education, quality care, and addressing stigma and related health conditions.

NAPIHAAD is an important reminder of the ongoing efforts to promote HIV prevention, testing, and treatment among Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander people and an opportunity to share important resources that can help combat the HIV epidemic. Please use the resources below to support the ongoing efforts to reduce HIV and AIDS in this community.

• The CDC’s Let’s Stop HIV Together (Together) campaign offers resources about testing and treatment for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders. The campaign also provides messaging to use for NAPIHAAD to help spark conversations about HIV and to reduce HIV stigma in Asian and Pacific Islander communities.
• Join the conversation on social media with the hashtag #APIMay19 and follow @HIV.gov. Visit the National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day page and use gov’s basics information to share HIV facts, raise awareness, and find details about HIV testing, stigma, and its effects.

As an AIDS Research Center committed to investigating and addressing HIV and related challenges, CHIPTS is pleased to share recent research by Dr. Wei-Ti Chen, CP Core Affiliate, which specifically explores and addresses these barriers within Asian communities.

Huang, J., Lin, Y., Fu, Y., Xu, Z., Hong, H., Arbing, R., Chen, W. T., Wang, A., & Huang, F. (2024). A longitudinal network analysis of interaction factors among Chinese women at high risk for perinatal depression. Midwifery, 139, 104187.

Chen, W. T., Sun, W., Huang, F., Shiu, C. S., Kim, B., Candelario, J., Toma, L., Wu, G., & Ah-Yune, J. (2024). Lost in Translation: Impact of Language Barriers and Facilitators on the Health Care of Asian Americans Living with HIV. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 11(4), 2064–2072.

Chen, W. T., & Barbour, R. (2023). Male and female Asians living with HIV: a text-mining analysis comparing their concerns. Frontiers in psychology, 14, 1114731.