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Georgia: Free HIV Tests to Target African Americans

June 26, 2007

A coalition of Atlanta AIDS organizations is offering free HIV testing to the first 1,000 people who visit the health fair Wednesday at Morehouse School of Medicine. "We definitely want to address the increasing rates of African Americans becoming infected with HIV, especially with women and black gay men," said Raphael Holloway, manager of prevention programs for AID Atlanta.

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Adapted from:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
6.26.2007; Kavita Pillai

This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.

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