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HIV Tests, Vigils Planned for World AIDS Day
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| South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control will mark World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 by offering free or low-cost rapid HIV tests in many county health centers and community agencies. Some 14,000 state residents are known to be living with HIV/AIDS, and health officials estimate that another South Carolinian becomes infected every nine hours. “Early diagnosis can link people to services that will help them stay healthy longer, benefit from treatment, reduce costly hospital visits, and help prevent transmission to others,” said Dr. Wayne Duffus, medical director of DHEC’s STD/HIV Division. Special events and candlelight vigils are planned as well. For more information, telephone 800-322-24237.
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Subjects
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Memorials
Rapid HIV Antibody Testing
World AIDS Day
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cdcnpin.org News Record #54293
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