PDiBA Calls for Access to HIV Prevention Tools in Black Communities

LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, October 12, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Following National PrEP Day on October 10th, the PrEP Desirability in Black America (PDiBA) National Coalition issued a statement reaffirming its commitment to increasing awareness, access, and acceptance of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a powerful tool in HIV prevention. National PrEP Day serves as an opportunity to educate communities about PrEP, challenge stigma, and ensure that more people understand their HIV prevention options.

The Black community continues to bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic in the United States, underscoring the urgent need for equitable access to HIV prevention, education, testing, and treatment. The main goals of PDiBA are simple: getting PrEP into more Black bodies vulnerable to HIV transmission, and ensuring that those individuals living with HIV are physically and mentally well, on a medication that suppresses their HIV below detectable levels, and they have the support needed to adhere to their treatment until there’s a cure.

PrEP is a highly effective medication for people who do not have HIV. When taken as prescribed, it can reduce the risk of acquiring HIV through sexual exposure by approximately 99 percent. Despite these advances in HIV prevention, too many people in Black communities continue to face barriers to accessing PrEP, including limited awareness, stigma, misinformation, and inequities in healthcare.

The leadership of PDiBA shared their perspectives on National PrEP Day and what it means for the health and well-being of Black people nationwide.

Dr. Ivy Turnball, chair of the National Black Women’s HIV/AIDS Network, Inc., called on partners nationwide to stand with Black women and girls as they demand an HIV prevention system rooted in dignity, shaped by equity, and engineered for protection.

For National PrEP Day, PDiBA calls on community leaders, healthcare professionals, public health organizations, policymakers, and advocates nationwide to join the effort to advance a future where HIV prevention is accessible, affirming, and equitable for all. When PrEP is understood, accessible, and embraced, we move closer to an HIV-free future.

The PrEP Desirability in Black America (PDiBA) National Coalition is a national decision and implementation engine to improve PrEP desirability, access, and sustained use among Black communities. The coalition is led by the National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition (NBGMAC), the Black AIDS Institute, the National Black Women’s HIV/AIDS Network, Inc., Us Helping Us, and Morgan State University’s Center for Urban Health Equity. PDiBA is Black-led and funded to date by its founding members.