Bridgercare will celebrate World AIDS Day by offering free, confidential rapid HIV tests
Bridgercare will celebrate World AIDS Day by offering free, confidential rapid HIV tests on the following dates:
· Monday, December 2nd 9am-2:30pm (3-6:30pm TEEN CLINIC)
· Tuesday, December 3rd 9am-5:30pm
· Wednesday, December 4th 9am-5:30pm
· Thursday, December 5th 10am-5:30pm
· Friday, December 6th 9am-5:30pm
· Saturday, December 7th 9am-2pm
World AIDS Day events involve millions of people around the globe and is a day of shared global action and awareness held annually on December 1st. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that over one million persons aged 13 years and older are living with HIV infection in the United States. One in five HIV positive people are unaware of their infection. In 2011, an estimated 50,000 people were diagnosed with HIV infection in the United States. In that same year, an estimated 32,000 people were diagnosed with AIDS.