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<br />Community Relations Specialist
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<br />Tracey Bathe
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services are partnering with The Center Project and Ragtag Cinema for a free World Aids Day event.</h1>
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<p><strong>Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services are partnering with The Center Project and Ragtag Cinema for a free World Aids Day event</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://www.como.gov/health/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (PHHS) is partnering with </span><a href="https://thecenterproject.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Center Project</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://www.ragtagcinema.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ragtag Cinema</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to host a free screening of</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">"How to Survive a Plague" to raise awareness and show support for those living with HIV/AIDS on </span><strong>Monday, Dec. 2 at 6 p.m.</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, at the Ragtag Cinema, 10 Hitt St.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"How to Survive a Plague" is a riveting, powerful telling of the story of the grassroots movement of activists, who seized upon scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the screening, there will be a comprehensive Q & A panel discussion with </span><a href="https://www.muhealth.org/doctors/dima-dandachi-md"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dima Dandachi MD</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, physician at the University of Missouri's Department of Infectious Diseases; </span><a href="https://bondlsc.missouri.edu/person/marc-johnson/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Marc Johnson</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, HIV researcher at the Bond Life Sciences Center; and Tracey Bathe, health educator at PHHS. A piece of the AIDS Quilt will also be at the theater for viewing. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tickets to this free event are available at the Ragtag box office starting at noon, Monday, Dec 2. No more than four free tickets will be given to one person. A free ticket guarantees attendees a seat until ten minutes before showtime. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) is a time for remembering those lost to HIV/AIDS, destigmatization, the celebration of successes in saving and improving the lives of people living with HIV, increasing awareness and renewing collective commitment to ending the HIV epidemic in the United States and around the world. The theme for the 2019 observance is "Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Community by Community."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Take a step towards health today, get tested and know your status. For more information, visit </span><a href="http://www.showmecondoms.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.showmecondoms.org,</span></a> <a href="http://www.como.gov/health"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.CoMo.gov/health.</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/index.html">https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics.</a>, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/spanish/index.html">https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/spanish/index.html</a>. </span></p></div>
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