Positive or negative, 1 in 4 don’t know
Posted by Marc | 24-06-2008 22:26 | Category: Health
This friday, June 27, is National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) in the USA. For this day the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made this campaign.
CDC 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 USA, 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. Some of these events may be scheduled in the days and weeks surrounding NHTD.
NHTD organizers will also reach out to communities at increased risk of HIV infection, including African American and Latino populations, both of which are disproportionately affected with HIV when compared to other demographic groups.
More video’s are available at the CDC YouTube channel and posters at the hivtest.org website.
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