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Bronx Campaign Boosts HIV Testing; Fauci Issues Statement Regarding National Testing Day
July 01st, 2009
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A three-year initiative City Room” reports. The “Bronx Knows” campaign began with an effort to make voluntary HIV testing routine in emergency departments and clinics, where city officials said, “cumbersome consent procedures required by state law have deterred doctors from offering the tests,” according to “City Room” (Chan, “City Room,” New York Times, 6/24). The initiative - which involves clinics, hospitals and community organizations - tested nearly 160,000 Bronx residents in the past 12 months (United Press International, 6/24). The city also is participating in National HIV Testing Day on Saturday (”City Room,” New York Times, 6/24).
This information was reprinted from dailyreports.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at dailyreports.kff.org.
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