In commemoration of World AIDS Day, Mecklenburg County will supply free HIV/AIDS testing on Thursday, Nov. 30 and Friday, Dec. 1, at native useful resource facilities in Charlotte.
The annual day helps world efforts to finish HIV-related stigma and work towards a future that has ended the transmission of HIV.
Why it issues: Mecklenburg County has one of many highest charges of HIV infections — 29.3 per 100,000 — within the nation, based on WFAE.
In 2021, 36,136 individuals acquired new HIV diagnoses in the USA.
And in 2022, officers reported 293 new instances of HIV in Mecklenburg, reaching pre-pandemic transmission charges after a decline in 2021.
“Routine HIV testing is an important factor we will all do to assist in the struggle in opposition to the HIV/AIDs epidemic,” Matthews Jenkins, the general public well being HIV/STD director for Mecklenburg County, stated by way of a press launch despatched Tuesday.
The county will supply free, onsite testing at these areas:
Thursday, Nov. 30 and Friday, Dec. 1Ella B. Scarborough Group Useful resource Middle – 430 Stitt Road10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 1Valerie C. Woodard Group Useful resource Middle – 3205 Freedom Street, Suite 100010 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Jenkins stated there have been many “advances” in testing and therapy, and the county needs residents to know the choices accessible to them.
“Recognizing today is vital to our group, and all of us have a job to play in persevering with the work to coach and help our residents, particularly those that are essentially the most weak,” Jenkins stated.
For extra info, name 704-432-TEST (8378).
