From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Each year on June 27, we observe National HIV Testing Day. On this day, we unite with partners, health departments, and other organizations to raise awareness and plan events about the importance of HIV testing and early diagnosis of HIV. Contact your county health department in the North Georgia Health District in Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens or Whitfield County (see above LOCATIONS tab) or at one of our Living Bridge Centers in either Canton or Dalton. Click here to learn more about our district HIV/AIDS Program and services.
Get Involved
Help encourage HIV testing on National HIV Testing Day and every day to ensure people get tested for HIV, know their status, and get linked to care and treatment services. Plan a testing day event, or use the resources below to raise awareness of the importance of HIV testing
This year’s theme, “Doing It My Way,” highlights how and why people make testing part of their lives—on their terms and in their way. Doing It My Way encourages individuals to share their personal testaments of why testing is important, what motivates them to get tested and stay healthy, and how they get tested—be it at home, at the clinic, or with the company of a friend or loved one.
Get the Word Out
Share these posts and the accompanying Doing It My Way visuals on social media using the #DoingItMyWay hashtag (#HaciéndoloAMiManera in Spanish).
Updated U.S. Recommendations for HIV Screening
Just recently, the United States Task Force on Prevention released updated recommendations for HIV Screening. This update emphasizes the importance of getting screened between the ages of 15 and 65, with those who are younger and older being at higher risk of HIV infection. It also recommends that for every pregnancy, women should be screened; and, it ends with a reminder that the only way to know if you are HIV positive is to be screened. Please refer to the link below for these updated recommendations:
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More Resources about PrEP and HIV Awareness and Treatment:
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https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/awareness/testingday.html
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This Year’s Theme for National HIV Testing Day: #DoingItMyWay
National #HIVTestingDay is Thursday, June 27. Share how you’re #DoingItMyWay—getting tested for HIV. #NHTD www.cdc.gov/doingit
Spanish: Hoy es el #DíaNacionalDeLaPruebaDelVIH. Comparte cómo estas #HaciéndoloAMiManera– haciéndote la prueba del VIH. www.cdc.gov/haciendolo
What motivates you to make HIV testing part of your health routine? Use #DoingItMyWay to tell the world why YOU get tested for HIV. #HIVTestingDay #NHTD www.cdc.gov/doingit
Have you heard about #DoingItMyWay? It’s about sharing why HIV testing is important to you, the things that motivate you to get tested and stay healthy, and how you get tested. Share how you’re #DoingItMyWay this National #HIVTestingDay! #NHTD www.cdc.gov/doingit