Now that National HIV testing day is almost over...
Now that National HIV testing day is almost over...
cheezedoodle
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
#1Now that National HIV testing day is almost over...
Posted: 6/27/07 at 6:50pm
SAN FRANCISCO -- Wednesday is National HIV testing day.
Hundreds of cities across the country, including San Francisco, are organizing events to encourage people to get tested.
NHTD is an annual campaign produced by the National Association of People with AIDS to encourage at-risk individuals to receive voluntary HIV counseling and testing.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 180,000 to 280,000 people nationwide are HIV-positive but are unaware of their status.
HIV counseling and testing enables people with HIV to take steps to protect their own health and that of their partners, and helps people who test negative get the information they need to stay uninfected.
Across the country, thousands of HIV counseling and testing sites, state and local health departments, and community-based HIV/AIDS service providers will participate in NHTD events, by holding health fairs, providing community and media outreach, hosting special testing-related events or operating extended hours.
Here are a few places in the Bay Area where people can get tested for HIV.
Continuum
255 Golden Gate Ave.
San Francisco, California 94102-3709
415-437-2900 (main)
800-423-2192 (toll free)
415-437-2550
http://www.continuumhiv.org
Glide Health Services Clinic
330 Ellis St. 6th floor
California 94102-2735
415-674-6140 (main)
415-673-1037
http://www.glide.org
Larkin Street Youth Services
129 Hyde St.
San Francisco, California 94102-3605
415-749-6960 (main)
415-749-3838
http://www.larkinstreetyouth.org/
St Anthony Free Medical Clinic
105-107 Golden Gate Ave.
San Francisco, California 94102-3809
415-241-8320 (main)
415-241-8322
http://www.stanthonysf.org
Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center
187 Golden Gate Ave.
San Francisco, California 94102-3809
415-431-7476 (main)
415-431-3959
http://www.tarcsf.org
Haight Ashbury Free Clinics Incorporated
1735 Mission St.
San Francisco, California 94103-2417
415-746-1940 (main)
510-569-8948
http://www.hafci.org/
San Francisco Department of Public Health
798 Brannan St.
San Francisco, California 94103-4919
415-863-8237 (main)
415-863-3975
http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/
To find a testing site close to you, visit hivtest.org
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#2re: Now that National HIV testing day is almost over...
Posted: 6/27/07 at 6:52pmInteresting that there was no mention of it AT ALL at the Pride festivities this weekend.
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cheezedoodle
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
#2re: Now that National HIV testing day is almost over...
Posted: 6/27/07 at 6:57pmWe actually had several information booths at pride and free testing as well. I had no idea however, that today was national testing day.
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#3re: Now that National HIV testing day is almost over...
Posted: 6/27/07 at 7:00pmDid anyone know?
#4re: Now that National HIV testing day is almost over...
Posted: 6/27/07 at 9:36pm
i work for an aids agency and i didn't even know... i feel like i should have known.
*hangs head in shame*
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