The Fresno County Department of Public Health will be offering FREE HIV testing in honor of Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Details, courtesy of the Dept of Public Health are below…
National Black HIV / AIDS Awareness Day is Tuesday, February 7, 2012. In observance of this day, the Fresno County Department of Public Health will offer Free rapid HIV testing for all interested persons at the Food Maxx Shopping Center on Monday, February 6th from 1:00 – 4:00 pm. Free HIV testing at the Department of Public Health in downtown Fresno will also be conducted according to the established schedule on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays of each week.
African Americans face the most severe burden of HIV of all racial/ethnic groups in the United States (US). Despite representing only 14% of the US population in 2009, African Americans accounted for 44% of all new HIV infections in that year. Compared with members of other races and ethnicities, African Americans account for a higher proportion of HIV infections at all stages of disease—from new infections to deaths (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Fact Sheet, November 2011.)
Free HIV Testing Opportunities:
Food Maxx Shopping Center –
1177 Fresno Street – between “B” and “C” Streets in southwest Fresno
Monday, February 6, 2012
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Fresno County Department of Public Health
1221 Fulton Mall – 1st floor clinic area
Tuesday, February 7th and Thursday, February 9th
8:30 am – 11:00 am and 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm (Confidential Testing)
Wednesday, February 8th
8:30 am – 11:00 am (Anonymous Testing)
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm (Confidential Testing)
To view the Fresno County Department of Public Health HIV Testing Calendar, visit
http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/DivisionPage.aspx?id=3592
1221 Fulton Mall / P.O. Box 11867, Fresno, California 93775
(559) 600-3434 / FAX (559) 445-3459
