*1. **HIV/AIDS, Heart2Hand Success! *
Just wanted to thank everyone who helped out with our HIV/AIDS Heart2Hand
Awareness/Fundraiser event Friday, it was a great success! Here is a nice
video our webmaster created of that day J :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyCoCj7XpI0
*2. **Cookies & Condoms: Don’t Stress about HIV! Tomorrow 4/12*
*WHEN*: Tomorrow, Thurs 4/12, 11am-4pm
*WHERE*: McKeldin Mall
This event is to advertise the *free, rapid HIV testing** going on in the
**Health Center on next Thursday, 4/19*. Students can go to the Health
Center, get tested,
and get their *results on the same day*. Our event will take place at a
table on the mall and will *give away bags which contain flyers about the
**HIV testing, info and statistics about HIV/AIDS, condoms, and
cookies!* We hope to see everyone there!
*3. **HIV/AIDS Panel of Experts!*
*WHEN*: Tuesday, 4/17, 7-8pm
*WHERE*: PG Room in Stamp
Come learn about different perspective on HIV/AIDS from a *panel of
experts*in the field! This issue has immense regional and
international importance
and with the biennial *International* *AIDS Conference being held in
Washington DC this summer*, the time to get involved is now!
Speakers include:
*Dr. Gregory Pappas* - Senior Deputy Director of the DC Department of
Health’s HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Administration
*Guy Weston* - Executive Director of DC Care, providing support to people
living with HIV/AIDS and their families and working with service providers
to enhance the delivery and quality of HIV/AIDS services in Washington, DC
*Dr. Joseph Fortunak *- medical researcher from Washington DC working with
HIV/AIDS
*Dr. Enyinnaya Merengwa* - Public Health Physician & Clinical
Epidemiologist. Has received training in Nigeria, Minnesota, and Baltimore.
Currently a Doctor of Public Health(DrPH) degree candidate.
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at The University of Maryland, College Park
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