[Press Release] : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health & Human Services and Partners Sponsor World AIDS Day 2013

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Michelle Riefe, Health Educator, 573.874.6331

Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health & Human Services and Partners Sponsor World AIDS Day 2013

COLUMBIA, MO (November 22, 2013) - (COLUMBIA, MO) – The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services along with Rain, Trail to the Cure, SHAPE, and MU Bond Life Sciences invite the public to attend A Boy, A Girl, and A Virus, Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 6 p.m.

 

The program features Shawn, a hemophiliac who contracted HIV after receiving HIV positive blood during a blood transfusion at age seven, and Gwenn, an HIV activist. Shawn and Gwenn fell in love and use their relationship as a platform to address the issues of safer sex, intimacy, communication between partners, and the medical realities of HIV in a relaxed and funny manner.

 

WHEN: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 6 p.m.

WHERE: Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Science Center on the MU Campus

 

A reception will follow in the atrium, where Bond Life Science Center researchers will present their cutting-edge HIV research. In addition, separate events will be held throughout the week to commemorate World AIDS Day 2013: Getting to Zero.

 

Free Walk-In HIV Testing

WHEN: Monday, December 2, 2013, 9 a.m. - Noon

WHERE: Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health & Human Services, 1005 W. Worley, Columbia, MO

 

Candlelight Vigil

WHEN: Monday, December 2, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: 9th Street & Broadway, Columbia, MO

 

 

Free Walk-In HIV Testing

WHEN: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

WHERE: MU Student Center - Room 2206, 901 Rollins Rd. Columbia, MO

 

Free Walk-In HIV Testing

WHEN: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 1-4 p.m.

WHERE: Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health & Human Services, 1005 W. Worley, Columbia, MO

 

 

World AIDS Day is December 1 and was established by the World Health Organization in 1988. It is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support those living with HIV, and to honor those who have died as a result of HIV. According to the World Health Organization, at the end of 2012, approximately 35.3 million people were living with HIV worldwide. In addition, an estimated 2.3 million people were newly infected with the virus in 2012. But there is hope. There are several ways to prevent HIV transmissions including safe sex practices and regular testing.

 

 

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