Champaign-Urbana Public Health District

C-U Public Health District Joins Nationwide Response to AIDS Crisis Among African Americans

Tuesday - Feb 06, 2007

Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Celebrates National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with Special Testing Clinics

Champaign, IL - February 7, 2008 marks the seventh annual observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) is responding to the impact of HIV and AIDS in local African American Communities by offering special testing clinics throughout the week. Sites will include the Nesbitt Cultural Center at the University of Illinois on Wednesday, February 6 from 9:00am - 2:00pm; the New Life Church of Faith in Danville on Thursday, February 7 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm; and the Decatur Masonic Temple in Decatur also on Thursday, February 7 from 4:00pm - 8:00pm. CUPHD encourages citizens to "Get Educated, Get Tested, Get Treated and Get Involved" with HIV/AIDS as it continues to devastate African American communities.

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