Roll Up Your Sleeve
In observance of the 10th annual National HIV Testing Day on Wednesday, the California Department of Health Services is encouraging individuals to get tested for the virus. Here's why:
"The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that as many as 280,000 individuals in the United States, or 25 percent of all people living with HIV, are infected and do not even know it. In California, this translates to approximately 25,000 to 40,000 individuals who may be unaware of their infection, are not linked into care and might unknowingly transmit HIV to their partners."
For more information about AIDS or HIV testing, contact the California AIDS Hotline at (800) 367-AIDS (2437). For more information about the programs and services of CDHS and for California-specific HIV and AIDS case data, visit the CDHS/Office of AIDS Web site at www.dhs.ca.gov/AIDS.