Genesee
County Health Department
PHONE:
(810) 257-3440
World
AIDS Day -
December
1, 2005
"Are You Aware?"
The Genesee County Health Department has partnered with
the University of Michigan-Flint Urban Health &
Wellness Center, YOUR Center, Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle
Health Ministry and
Woodside
Church
for this year’s World AIDS Day campaign.
Begun in 1988, World AIDS day was embraced collectively
by 140 countries meeting at the World Summit of Ministers
of Health on AIDS in
London . The day was envisioned as an opportunity for governments, national AIDS
programs, non-governmental and local organizations,
as well as individuals everywhere, to demonstrate both
the importance they attached to the fight against AIDS
and their solidarity in this effort.
With a goal of reminding people that HIV has not gone away in
Genesee
County
, and that there is much work still to be done, the local 2005 World AIDS
Day campaign theme is “Are
You Aware?”
· Are You Aware
that the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS estimates there were 37.2
million adults and 2.2 million children living with HIV at the end of 2004?
· Are You Aware
that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
estimates that at the end of 2003, 1,039,000 to 1,185,000
persons in the United
States were
living with HIV/AIDS, with 24-27% undiagnosed
and unaware of their HIV infection?
· Are You Aware
that as of
October
1, 2005 , there are an estimated 16,200 persons living with HIV/AIDS in
Michigan
?
· Are You Aware
that out of 83 counties reporting HIV/AIDS cases in
Michigan
,
Genesee
County
is
ranked number 4 outside of Wayne County/City of
Detroit
?
Local Activities:
World AIDS Day 2005
|
World AIDS Day Ceremony
Date:
December 1, 2005
Time:
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Performances: National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa – Gamma
Delta Xinos & Kudos; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity – Kappa Leadership
League; Flint Odyssey House Teen Mime Troup; Metropolitan’s Youth
Choir, Voice, and Silent Inspirations; Spoken Word by Deidre Belton
& Kafayat Tanimowo
Services: HIV counseling,
testing and outreach
Other Activities: Candlelight
vigil and Motivational Speaker
Where: Metropolitan Baptist
Tabernacle
Address:
930 E. Myrtle Ave ,
Flint ,
MI
|
|
Date:
December
1, 2005
Time:
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Services: HIV counseling,
testing and outreach
Where: University of
Michigan-Flint
Urban Health &
Wellness Center
Address:
303 E. Kearsley St. ,
Flint
,
MI
|
Date:
December
1, 2005
Time:
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Services: HIV outreach and
condom distribution
Where: Arlene’s Bar
Address:
4415 N. Saginaw St. , Flint
,
MI
|
If you or someone you know would like to get
tested for HIV and other STD’s, visit the Genesee County Health Department
Adult Clinic. Hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday,
8:00 am – 11:00 am
&
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
, and Thursdays
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
. For more information about World
AIDS Day activities, contact the Genesee County Health Department at (810)
257-3440 or visit our website: www.gchd.us.
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