Several community categories are generally teaming approximately place an optimistic angle to the severe issue regarding HIV during this World AIDS Day . With live music, dancing and also drag queens organizers anticipation to propagate your message related to HIV prevention and testing. The occurrences are occurring at Hotel Congress, the Rialto Theater, along with Zen Rock downtown.
The Pima County Health Department and Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation will be furthermore running zero cost plus anonymous testing at Hotel Congress from 5-12 p.m. SAAF Development Director Ethan Smith Cox affirms the actual super fast response blood test is simply a prick about the hand and benefits tend to be ready within just 15 minutes. He states there are numerous people today residing in Southern Arizona together with HIV, but a lot more who have no idea they need it. He states that examining is incredibly important, nonetheless many people are generally afraid to undertake it.
"I reckon that there is certainly a anxiety of just what could happen through experiment as well as what's planning to occur if I obtain having a positive result, the way will in which change my own life?" Cox states from SAAF employees along with volunteers supply men and women using healthcare support, counseling, and in many cases housing. He states that together with modern-day prescriptions folks can survive using HIV for 25-30 years, but treatment is definitely expensive. On average he states that this expenditures $12,000-15,000 a year.
This year or so the World AIDS Day occurrences are generally working on Latin plus Hispanic cultures. Statistics present Latina/Hispanic ladies are generally a number of times more likely to become infected with HIV compared to Caucasian females plus Latino/Hispanic guys usually are two more occasions likely as compared to Caucasian men.
Click the following regarding an inventory with spots supplying totally free HIV diagnostic tests on Thursday.
Here's a list of in town Tucson World AIDS Day events:
WORLD AIDS DAY CELEBRATION 4PM to help 2AM CONGRESS HOTEL 311 EAST CONGRESS STREET, DOWNTOWN TUCSON Performances as well as a video tie-in coming from Tanzania _ THE JOHN WATERS CHRISTMAS SHOW 8PM THE RIALTO THEATRE 318 EAST CONGRESS STREET, DOWNTOWN TUCSON The male exactly who position the X around Xmas, popular filmmaker along with raconteur John Waters (Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, A Dirty Shame, Serial Mom) flights into community to talk about his own different type connected with getaway merry-making, which often consist of a compulsive desire to give and receive perverted gifts, some sort of religious fanaticism for Santa Claus, and an unfit appreciate associated with true-crime trip horror stories. _ THE RED RIBBON BALL 9PM to help 2AM ZEN ROCK NIGHTCLUB 125 EAST CONGRESS STREET, DOWNTOWN TUCSON Drag queens dogging on the limit is only your beginning! Theatrical lighting, four discos and a couple of night floor surfaces for you to choose from, in addition multiple DJs, dancers along with entertainers can make that a great evening to not miss! 100% with all lottery tickets and entry contributions help SAAF.
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