Genesee County Health Department
Better Life Through Better Health
Free HIV Testing Offered
for National HIV Testing Day
National HIV Testing
Day is June 27th and was established to encourage those
at risk for HIV to be tested for HIV and to become educated about
the disease. Those at the highest risk for HIV and AIDS and best
candidates for testing include individuals who have unprotected
sex or who share needles. HIV testing day will be recognized by
area health and community HIV/AIDS prevention agencies by offering
free HIV antibody testing on June 25, 27, and 28th.
(See attached schedule of times and locations).
The tests can be done on either an
anonymous or confidential basis. Individuals who have the test
done will need to make a return visit to receive test results.
Certified HIV testing counselors will administer the tests and
deliver the results, all of which will be done free of charge at
all sites. The test is performed orally (OraSure) without the use
of needles and is as accurate as a blood test. This test uses a
special cotton pad to draw a specific fluid (not saliva) from the
cheek and gum tissue and that fluid is tested for HIV antibodies.
National HIV Testing Day was
established in 1995 by the National Association of People with
AIDS (NAPWA) to remind and encourage those at risk for HIV to be
tested and learn their HIV status. Early knowledge and treatment
of HIV infection offers positive health benefits and helps to
prevent its further spread. A number of agencies and corporations
have become partners or sponsors in this annual event, including
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, SmithKline Beecham
Consumer Healthcare, Cable Positive, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Health
Resources and Services Administration and Abbot Laboratories.
Agencies planning to offer the
oral HIV testing:
Genesee County Health Department
at 4 sites:
- Burton Police Station
Monday, June 25, 2001
4303 S. Center Rd. 11a.m.-7p.m.
Walk-in
Burton, MI 48519
(810) 742-2542
- McCree North Health Center
Wednesday, June 27, 2001, 8
a.m.-11a.m. & 1 p.m.-7 p.m. Appointments preferred.
Thursday, June 28, 2001, 8
a.m.-11 a.m. & 1 p.m.-7 p.m. Appointments only.
115 E. Pierson Rd.
Flint, MI 48505
(810) 785-8530
3) McCree Courts & Human
Services Center
Wednesday, June 27, 2001
8 a.m.-11 a.m. & 1 p.m.-4
p.m. Walk-in
630 S. Saginaw St.
Flint, MI 48502
(810) 257-1017
4) Burton Health Center
Thursday June 28, 2001
4:30p.m.-7p.m. Appts. Only
G-3494
S. Saginaw St.
Burton,
MI 48529
(810)
742-2255
Odyssey House at two sites:
- Health Awareness Center
Wednesday, June 27, 2001
7:00a.m. – 10:00p.m. Walk-ins
1202 Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr.
Flint,
MI 48503
(810) 238-0333 ext. 21
2) The Mass Transportation
Authority
Wednesday, June 27, 2001
Travel Center Street
Outreach
8:00a.m. – 8:00p.m.
Planned Parenthood of East Central
Michigan at 3 sites:
1) Flint, Wednesday, June
27, 2001
9:00a.m. – 7:00p.m.
3371 Beecher Rd. Appointments
Only
Flint, MI 48532
(810) 238-3631
2) Burton, Wednesday, June
27, 2001
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Appointments Only.
Park Place Centre.
1235 S. Center Rd., Unit
17
Burton, MI 48509
(810) 743-4490
3) Owosso, Wednesday, June
27, 2001
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Appointments Only
205 North Hintz
Rd.
PO Box 542
Owosso, MI 48867
(517) 723-6420
Wellness AIDS Services
Call for locations and times:
(810) 232-0888
Release Date: For Immediate
Release Kill Date: June 26, 2001
Contact Person: Bonnie Childs,
Supervisor
HIV/AIDS Division
Genesee County Health Department
Phone: (810) 785-5278
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