Issue
Number 395
June 26, 2003
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- CDC publishes announcement that National HIV
Testing Day is Friday, June 27
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June 26, 2003
CDC PUBLISHES ANNOUNCEMENT THAT NATIONAL HIV TESTING DAY IS FRIDAY, JUNE 27
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published "National HIV
Testing Day, June 27, 2003" in the June 27 issue of the "Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report" (MMWR). The notice is reprinted below in its
entirety, excluding references.
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The ninth annual National HIV Testing Day, sponsored by the National
Association of People with AIDS, is June 27, 2003. The theme for this year's
campaign is "Take the Test, Take Control."
National HIV Testing Day promotes the importance of early human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) detection, counseling, referral, treatment, and
prevention services. Persons at high risk for HIV should be tested and learn
the results so they can know their status, practice preventive behaviors,
and seek appropriate services.
In 2000, an estimated 850,000-950,000 persons in the United States were
living with HIV, and approximately one-fourth of these persons did not know
they were infected. Many persons who learn they are HIV infected adopt
behaviors that might reduce the risk for transmitting HIV. When infected
persons know their status, they are more likely to practice HIV
risk-reduction behaviors.
Additional information about HIV Testing Day is available at
http://www.hivtest.org
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