June 27 is National HIV Testing Day
For Immediate Release
June 9, 2017
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), a day to get the facts, get tested, and get involved! The 2017 federal theme is "Test Your Way. Do It Today". Nearly 45,000 people find out they have HIV every year, and currently there are about 1.2 million people in the US living with HIV.1 What is more alarming is one in eight people do not know they have it.
HIV is spread from one person to another by:
- Having anal, vaginal, or oral sex without a condom, with a person who has HIV. HIV can be passed through blood, vaginal fluid, and semen.
- Sharing needles, syringes, or other injection equipment with a person who has HIV.
- Through pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding from women who have HIV.
Testing is the first step to finding out if you have HIV. If you have HIV, getting medical care and taking medicines regularly helps you to have a healthier life and also lowers the chances of passing HIV on to others.
The HIV/AIDS Prevention Committee of Region 7 (Butler, Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Warren Counties) is urging everyone to get tested!
Special NHTD Events
June 27 from 8:00 am – 11:00 am and June 29 from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
FREE HIV testing! Be tested and register to win a $50 gift card!
Hobart Center for County Government / 510 West Water Street (Suite 130)
Troy, OH. 45373
June 27 from 10:00 am -2:00 pm
FREE HIV testing, life-saving information, food, games and prizes!
Dr. Charles R. Drew Health Center (parking lot) / 1323 W. Third Street
Dayton. OH. 45402
June 29 from 10:00 pm -1:00 am
ABBA Mpowerment Presents: “Vogue Knights at Club Masque”
Vogue Knight Competition with 3 categories! FREE HIV testing, prizes for the winners and lots of fun!
Club Masque / 34 N. Jefferson Street Dayton, OH. 45402
Reference:
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National HIV Testing Day; 2016. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/features/hivtesting/index.html. Accessed June 8, 2017.
