The Rock County Public Health Department is using World AIDS Day Thursday to remind citizens how important it is to know your status by getting tested.
The Health Department and Vivent Health are launching a campaign to promote equality and eliminate disparities in HIV prevention and access to care.
Public Health Nurse Falicia Martinez says this year’s theme is “Putting Ourselves to the Test: Achieving Equality to End HIV.”
Martinez says despite significant strides in HIV treatment and prevention, HIV continues to disproportionately impact historically marginalized groups such as Black or African Americans, Latinx communities, women, people who use drugs, and men who have sex with men.
Vivent Health offers free walk-in HIV testing Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
