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The international HIV/AIDS
prevention organization World Health Clinicians opened its new global
headquarters in Norwalk, Conn. in July. The 11,400-square-foot facility houses
the Circle Care Center, a treatment clinic that serves approximately 1,200
Connecticut patients annually and an international wing dedicated to preventing
HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe, Africa.
Dr. Gary Blick opened his first
Connecticut HIV/AIDS clinic in the late 1980s and founded the Circle Care
Center and World Health Clinicians with the support of Lucie McKinney, whose
husband, U.S. Representative Stewart McKinney, died of AIDS in 1987. Dr. Blick
stated that the purpose of the new clinic is community outreach. In addition to
providing HIV/AIDS and STD treatment to Connecticut residents, the Circle Care
Center also serves as an advocate and safe space for gay, lesbian, bisexual,
and transgender communities.
In Zimbabwe, the World Health
Clinicians oversees the Beat AIDS Project Zimbabwe (BAPZ), which aims to
prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission through testing, treatment and
prevention. BAPZ’s goal is an “HIV/AIDS-free generation by 2015.” World Health
Clinicians’ work in Zimbabwe is centered in Victoria Falls, which had the
highest HIV incidence in the country.
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.
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