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Bronx Residents Have Received More Than 375,000 HIV Tests Since 2008

July 2010

Any Body Can Get HIV

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Announces that Bronx Residents have Received More than 375,000 HIV Tests since 2008, Surpassing a Three-Year Goal in Less than Two.

Bronx residents have received more than 375,000 HIV tests since the launch of “The Bronx Knows” HIV Testing Initiative in 2008. The two-year milestone far exceeds the initiative’s three-year goal of helping 250,000 Bronx adults learn their HIV status. The Bronx Knows is a borough-wide collaboration among 75 community organizations, religious groups, health care providers and elected officials. The initiative has helped 1,275 people learn they are HIV-positive – a realization that is important both for their own well being and for the safety of their partners. Two-thirds of those diagnosed with HIV through the initiative have also been linked to care and services.

For more information, please visit the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene website at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2010/pr029-10.shtml