(June 26) -- The Clark County Health District Office will offer free oral HIV testing Thursday for National HIV Testing Day. The campaign is an effort to educate the public about HIV testing, counseling and treatment. The only way to determine HIV status is through testing.
You can be tested at the following locations:
Ravenholt Public Health Center
625 Shadow Lane, Annex A
8 a.m. until 7 p.m.
942-9318
East Las Vegas Public Health Center
560 N. Nellis Blvd., E-12
437-4643 (call for hours)
Henderson Public Health Center
129 W. Lake Mead Drive, Suite 10
564-4643 (call for hours)
North Las Vegas Public Health Center
1820 E. Lake Mead Blvd.
642-3525 (call for hours)
UMC Quick Care (Enterprise location)
1760 Wheeler Peak
2 p.m. until 8 p.m.
383-2565
Related links:
- Golden Rainbow -- offers assistance to Southern Nevadans living with HIV and AIDS.
- National HIV Testing Resources
- AIDS: 20 years of an Epidemic -- includes a timeline, a look at how HIV infects cells, news on the latest research and advances in treatment. From CNN.
- AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS) -- includes a searchable news archive , prevention information, a law library, information on treatment options and living with HIV.
- CDC: 20 Years of AIDS -- includes streaming video history, commentary, and interviews; also milestones and an overview of the epidemic.
- CDC: Youth and AIDS in the 21st Century
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation -- Group is dedicated to identifying, funding and conducting pediatric AIDS and HIV research.
- International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN) -- provides data, tools and analysis on the economics of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in developing countries, for compassionate, cost-effective responses to the global epidemic.
- JAMA HIV/AIDS Information Center -- features information on prevention and treatment , reports and conference coverage , an education and support center , and a section on public policy.
- Johns Hopkins AIDS Service -- with publications, resources, prevention and treatment information.
- United Nations Population Fund: AIDS -- focuses on preventing HIV infection, and protection of reproductive health.
- White House Office of National AIDS Policy -- works with community-based and national organizations to discuss the Federal response to the AIDS epidemic, and to reflect their concerns in the development of Administration policies.
- Aid for AIDS of Nevada
