Genesee County Health Department
Better Life Through Better Health

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 DATE:                         June 15, 2006                         End Date:  June 28, 2006

 Contact Person:          LaQueisa Wilkerson, BS
                                       Genesee County Health Department 

 PHONE:                      (810) 257-3440

 

National HIV Testing Day: June 27, 2006

            National HIV Testing Day is June 27th.  The day has two goals: to identify people who are HIV-positive and don’t know it so they can access treatment and also to prevent new HIV infections by increasing education, changing behavior and improving access to voluntary counseling and testing.

On June 27th or any other day get tested for HIV:

  • If you have had vaginal, oral or anal sex without a condom
  • If you have ever shared needles for injecting drugs
  • If you or your sex partner(s) have had a sexually transmitted disease ( STD )
  • If you know or suspect that your sex partner(s) have had multiple partners, used injection drugs, or had sex with prostitutes
  • If you have had sex with a prostitute or if you have more than one sexual partner
  • If you have had a needle stick or other blood product exposure
  • If you have had a blood transfusion between January 1978 and June 1985
  • If you have hemophilia or have had sex without a condom with a person with hemophilia
  • If you are pregnant (it is best to be tested before getting pregnant, if you have any of the above risks)

Locally, HIV testing day will be recognized by the following organizations, each whom will 

offer FREE HIV testing on June 27th. 

Genesee County Health Department at 3 sites:

Floyd J. McCree Health & Human Services                     
 630 S. Saginaw Street
Flint , Michigan 48502
Phone:  (810) 257-3440

Burton Branch
G-3373 S. Saginaw Street
Burton , MI 48529
Phone: (810) 257-3440


McCree North
115 E. Pierson Road
Flint , MI 48505
Phone: (810) 257-3440

YOUR Center
 4002 N. Saginaw Street
Flint , MI 48505
(810) 789-8637
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Planned Parenthood of East Central Michigan
G-3371 Beecher Road
Flint , MI 48532
(810) 238-3631
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
10:00am – 6:00 pm

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
 7:45 am - 11:00 am and 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm
Tuesday (closed in the mornings)
 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm


Thursday, June 22, 2006
Noon – 7:00 pm
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Appointments Preferred

Tuesday, June 27, 2006
8:00 am – 11:00 am
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Appointments Preferred

Wellness AIDS Services, Inc.
311 E. Court Street   
Flint , MI 48503          
(810) 232-0888 or 1-800-225-AIDS
 Tuesday, June 27, 2006
9:00 am – 8:00 pm   (Cookout at noon )

For more information about National HIV Testing Day, contact the Genesee County Health

Department at (810) 257-3440 or visit our website: www.gchd.us.

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