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The National HIV Testing Day on June 27 is organized annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's AIDS.GOV program [8] and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention [9] Walgreens is one corporate sponsor, and offers free HIV testing on that day at a number of its drugstore locations (140 cities in ...
Ready, Set, PrEP is a program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that provides free access to the HIV prevention medication PrEP for thousands of qualifying individuals. The program is a key component of Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE) initiative to expand access to PrEP and reduce new HIV diagnoses in ...
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a Los Angeles-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and advocacy services. [4] As of 2024, AHF operates about 400 clinics, 69 outpatient healthcare centers, 62 pharmacies, and 22 Out of the Closet thrift stores across 15 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and 46 countries, with over 5,000 employees, and ...
Two South Carolina cities have among the highest STD rates in the US for 2024, a new study shows. ... South Carolina cities STD breakdowns. Columbia. STD cases/100K population: 1,166. HIV cases: 134.
On the third annual Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, remember those who've been left behind. HIV Funding in the South Is Critical in the Face of COVID-19, Racism Skip to main content
Screenings covered by Part B include ones for cardiovascular disease, cervical and vaginal cancer, colorectal cancer, depression, diabetes, Hepatitis B and C, HIV, lung cancer, prostate cancer and ...
DiAna founded the South Carolina AIDS Education Network (SCAEN) with Dr. Bambi Gaddist (née Sumpter) in 1987. [4] Working out of DiAna's hair salon, the two women organized film screenings on the topic of HIV/AIDS, safer-sex presentations, "Tupperware"-style sex toy parties, and free condom distribution. [5]
Ball opened a private practice in the Charleston neighborhood of West Ashley in 1977, where he diagnosed the state's first recorded case of Legionnaires' disease and was one of the first physicians in South Carolina to diagnose a case of toxic shock syndrome. [3] In 1982 Ball made the first formal AIDS diagnosis in the state of South Carolina. [1]