AIDS tests today at Denver rec center
Rocky Mountain News
Published October 11, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
Updated October 11, 2008 at 12:24 a.m.
Health care providers will be offering free testing in Denver's Hispanic community today for the virus that causes AIDS.
Organizers will hold the testing from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rude Recreation Center, 2855 W. Holden Place.
The testing is part of a nationwide effort dubbed National Latino AIDS Awareness Day that is attempting to reach out to Hispanic communities that struggle to gain access to health care and feel stigmatized when broaching the subject of the deadly disease, said Belinda Garcia, executive director of Sisters of Color United for Education, which is helping to organize the event.
Organizations helping to provide the testing include Denver Health, the Colorado AIDS Project and Servicios de la Raza. Information: 303-446- 8800.
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October 11, 2008
8:30 a.m.
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scastaneda writes:
Alright, I'm all for HIV testing. But what if some group called "Los Whiteys" offered free testing for Caucasians? Isn't that racism? Even if they say all people were "welcome."
October 11, 2008
11:34 a.m.
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sheepherder writes:
Would'nt a citizenship test be more appropriate?
October 11, 2008
2:29 p.m.
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redwhiteandBLUE writes:
How about testing for T.B. with all the border jumpers working in restraunts and food factories.!!!! Way back when...we had to get an X-Ray for TB to work around food. What happened ?!!!
October 11, 2008
11:16 p.m.
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LadyBird112 writes:
What happened, redwhiteandBLUE, is that too many people are unaware that TB is still a problem.