Whitman-Walker Clinic

For Immediate Release
Oct. 8, 2007

WHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC MARKS
NATIONAL LATINO AIDS AWARENESS DAY

Free HIV Testing To Be Offered

WASHINGTON - Whitman-Walker Clinic observes National Latino AIDS Awareness Day as the Latino community is hit hard by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

“Latinos make up only 13 percent of the U.S. population, but account for 19 percent of new AIDS cases,” said Donald Blanchon, the Clinic’s chief executive officer.

“National Latino AIDS Awareness Day is an opportunity to remind the nation of the impact the HIV/AIDS epidemic has on the Latino community,” Blanchon added. “It is also an opportunity to remind Latinos how important it is to know your HIV status, protect yourself from HIV infection, and get into treatment if you are HIV-positive.”

Free HIV testing will be available the week of Oct. 15-19:

Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center at 1701 14th St., NW, 8:30 am-7:00 pm, Monday and Wednesday, 8:30 am-5:00 pm Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
The Max Robinson Center, 2301 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Whitman-Walker Clinic of Northern Virginia, 5232 Lee Highway, Arlington, 8:00 am-5:00 pm, Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:00 am-8:00 pm, Wednesday and Thursday.
Suburban Maryland AIDS Reduction Team (SMART), Holy Redeemer Metropolitan Community Church, 4907 Niagara Rd., Suite 102, College Park, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Wednesday.

Established in 1973, Whitman-Walker Clinic is a non-profit, community-based provider of health care and social services in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Through sites in the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia, the Clinic offers primary medical and dental care; mental health and addictions counseling and treatment; HIV education, prevention and testing; legal services; case management; and a food bank. Whitman-Walker Clinic is committed to meeting the life needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and people living with HIV/AIDS.

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