J
2011-11-25 20:40:16 UTC
I applaud this move. Washington D.C. has a high concentration of
coloreds and homos, the people most prone to this disease. If tested
early, treatments are available.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/while-you-wait-free-hiv-tests-offered-one-dc-dmv
WASHINGTON (AP) — At one Department of Motor Vehicles' office in the
nation's capital, motorists can get a driver's license, temporary tags
and something wholly unrelated to the road: a free HIV test.
In a city with one of the highest percentages of residents living with
HIV or AIDS, health officials have now test-driven the in-DMV testing
and are finding that it works. So far, more than 5,000 people have been
screened and gotten results while they wait.
Now officials are expanding the program, offering testing at an office
where Washington residents register for food stamps, Medicaid and other
government assistance. On Monday, the first day of the program, 60
people got tested, officials said. As an incentive they're being offered
a $5 gift card to a local grocery store.
"You have to meet people where they are," explained Sheila Brockington,
who oversees HIV testing at the DMV office in southeast Washington.
"You're waiting anyway. You might as well."
coloreds and homos, the people most prone to this disease. If tested
early, treatments are available.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/while-you-wait-free-hiv-tests-offered-one-dc-dmv
WASHINGTON (AP) — At one Department of Motor Vehicles' office in the
nation's capital, motorists can get a driver's license, temporary tags
and something wholly unrelated to the road: a free HIV test.
In a city with one of the highest percentages of residents living with
HIV or AIDS, health officials have now test-driven the in-DMV testing
and are finding that it works. So far, more than 5,000 people have been
screened and gotten results while they wait.
Now officials are expanding the program, offering testing at an office
where Washington residents register for food stamps, Medicaid and other
government assistance. On Monday, the first day of the program, 60
people got tested, officials said. As an incentive they're being offered
a $5 gift card to a local grocery store.
"You have to meet people where they are," explained Sheila Brockington,
who oversees HIV testing at the DMV office in southeast Washington.
"You're waiting anyway. You might as well."
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