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Do you know your status? When’s the last time you’ve been tested?
Currently there are 11 official awareness days for HIV testing like National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, HIV Vaccine Awareness Day and National Latino AIDS Awareness Day. Use this as a great excuse to find out your status.
Despite the upcoming 30th anniversary of the existence of HIV, there is still no vaccine or cure for HIV/AIDS. It’s up to us to prevent its transmission with safe behavior including condom use, frequent testing and talking candidly with your partner.
I’m Caribbean/West Indian and Caribbean American HIV Awareness Day was on June 8, 2010. I went to BEBASHI (information below) in Philadelphia days later and dragged a few friends with me to get tested. Not only did they provide a rapid HIV test, but they also offered a free syphilis test, gonorrhea and Chlamydia testing!
Of course you don’t need to wait for an awareness day to get tested, but the FYI, the next one is National HIV Testing Day on Sunday, June 27th, 2010. To find a free testing site near you, click this link http://www.hivtest.org/ and put in your zip code. Encourage your friends and family to also participate in frequent HIV testing.
If you’re in the Philadelphia- area, BEBASHI- (Blacks Educating Blacks About Sexual Health Issues) located at 1217 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123 (215)769-3561 offers free and anonymous HIV (rapid and blood), Chlamydia, Gonorrhea (urine sample) and Syphilis (blood) testing with results provided over the phone in 14 days.
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