Wednesday is National HIV Testing Day. The National Association of People with AIDS started National HIV Testing Day in 1995.
Every year on June 27 local organizations across the nation engage with communities to promote early diagnosis and HIV testing.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 250,000 of the one million people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States are unaware of their status.
Early HIV diagnosis is critical, so people who are infected can fully benefit from available life-saving treatments. Currently, 44 percent of people with HIV are not diagnosed until they already have developed AIDS.
For more information about local testing, contact Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Department at 260-449-7404 or Fort Wayne AIDS Task Force at 260 744-1144.
