Free HIV testing in Rochester, MN
The Rochester Teen Council, RCTC Student Health Services, Olmsted County Public Health and the Professional AIDS Network plan to host a World AIDS Day event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rochester Community and Technical College, 851 30th Ave. S.E. on Tuesday, December 1, 2009. The event will include FREE HIV TESTING by Olmsted County Public Health, with results available in about 20 minutes. The Teen Council will provide HIV/AIDS information.
Testing is paid for by the Teen Council, RCTC Health Services and the Professional AIDS Network (PAN).
"The number of new HIV infections in Minnesota males age 15-24 is on pace to double in 2009. As the global community marks World AIDS Day on December 1st, 12 local teens involved with the Teen Council of Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS) and other organizations in Rochester are working to raise awareness and increase community education through outreach efforts," says Planned Parenthood.
Teen Council members are quoted as saying they organized the event because, “new HIV cases in our age group are increasing and we need to do something about that.”
At 7 p.m. in the RCTC Hill Theatre, a theatrical production and frank discussion called “breaking ice” about "HIV and AIDS in today’s world" will be followed by a candlelight vigil to honor and remember those effected by HIV and AIDS.
The production is presented by PAN, Mayo Clinic, IBM and RCTC Health Services.
By Jeff Hansel, member Association of Health Care Journalists
Health Reporter for the Post-Bulletin newspaper, 18 1st Ave. S.E. in Rochester, Minnesota 55904
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