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Langston health fair to include HIV tests

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Langston health fair to include HIV tests Langston health fair to include HIV tests Several events are scheduled around the state this month to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS and the need to get tested.Beads

For National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, #xLangston University will host an educational health fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the C.F. Gayles Field House. Counselors from the nonprofit Guiding Right will offer rapid HIV testing and counseling.Beads The fair also will address nutrition and provide information about domestic violence.

New diagnoses In 2008, women represented 18 percent of new AIDS and HIV diagnoses in Oklahoma. Most were infected through heterosexual contact or injection drug use, the state Health Department reported. Women of color are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, which is now the leading cause of death for black women ages 25 to 34.

For information on testing or the Langston health fair, #xcall Guiding Right at 733-0771.

National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is March 20. The health education department of Lawton Indian Hospital, the Association of American Indian Physicians and the Oklahoma Native American AIDS Coalition will host a retreat from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Crispin’s Episcopal Conference Center in Wewoka.

High infection rates The small population groups of American Indians and Alaskan Natives have the third highest HIV infection rates in the U.S. To register, contact the Association of American Indian Physicians at 946-7072.

In 2008, #x153 Oklahomans were diagnosed as new AIDS cases and 171 as new HIV cases. BeadsThere were 4,google优化,622 residents living with HIV or AIDS that year. 相关的主题文章：