Free HIV Tests on Wednesday

Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee is offering free HIV tests in Nashville next Wednesday, June 27th, in recognition of National HIV Testing Day; scroll down to find free testing info for other cities. From the email alert:

June 27th Is National HIV Testing Day

 

In the United States, half of all new HIV infections occur in people under age 25; one-fourth in people under the age of 21.*

 

The goal of National HIV Testing Day is to encourage you to know your HIV status by participating in an anonymous or confidential HIV testing program.

 

HIV counseling and testing helps 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.

 

To help serve the health needs of our community, Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee will be offering FREE, that’s right, FREE HIV Tests at its Health Center in Nashville, TN on Wednesday, June 27th from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm!

 

The Health Center is located at 412 D.B. Todd Blvd (where Charlotte Ave. meets 18th Ave.). No appointment necessary! For questions, call 615.321.7216.

 

* Office of National AIDS Policy. Youth and HIV/AIDS 2000: A New American Agenda. Washington, DC: White House, 2000.

For those of you in other cities/states, please check this state-by-state list of National HIV Testing Day events, which include other free HIV testing opportunities around the country. For example, I found another Nashville event as follows:

Who:Street Works
What: NHTD Event
When: June 27, 2007 12 Noon – 6pm
Where: 520 Sylvan Street, Nashville, TN 37206
Info:Free HIV testing, Fun, Food and Games.
Audience served: African Americans.
Contact: Ron Crowder 615-259-7676 rcrowder@street-works.org.

You may also use the zip code search on the National HIV Testing Resources website to view a list of providers of free, confidential HIV testing in your community, any day of the year.