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June 27 is National HIV Testing Day,
and 47 Walgreens stores in 20 US cities are recognizing the day by offering
free HIV testing.
In Washington, Whitman-Walker Health
is providing free rapid-result HIV testing at the Walgreens at 4225 Connecticut
Ave. N.W., 3-7 p.m., June 27-29.
Whitman-Walker also will be
conducting free walk-in HIV testing June 27 at its Max Robinson Center, 2301
Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. S.E., from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and at its
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St. N.W., from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Nationally, the effort is a
collaboration between Walgreens and Greater than AIDS; CDC’s Act Against AIDS
initiative and the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS also are
supporting the outreach. For more information about Whitman-Walker, telephone
202-745-7000 or visit www.whitman-walker.org.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
TOGETHER WE REMAIN STRONG!
