Health Department Offers Free Tests at Health Fair, June 27

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Health Department

For Immediate Release:
June 9, 2016
Contact:
Leslie Piotrowski
(847) 377-8055


Health Department Offers Free Tests at Health Fair, June 27

The Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center (LCHD/CHC), the Lake County Stands Against Stigma Coalition and other community partners have organized a free health fair in observance of National HIV Testing Day.  The event will be held on Monday, June 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., on the front lawn of the Belvidere Medical Building, 2400 Belvidere Rd., Waukegan (near the corner of Belvidere Road and Keller Avenue).

In addition to free health and community resources, free HIV tests (for people 13 and older) and hepatitis C tests (for people 18 and older) will be available.  A finger stick will be used for the HIV and hepatitis C testing. Results are available within 20 minutes. Information about viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections will also be available.

This year marks the 21st annual National HIV Testing Day.  This day is a reminder that when you know your HIV status, you can take care of yourself and your partner. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 get tested for HIV at least once as part of routine health care and that some people with risk factors get tested more often. In the United States, nearly 1.1 million people are living with HIV, and nearly one in five do not know they are infected, according to the CDC.

The Health Department’s Sexually Transmitted Infections Program offers free HIV counseling and testing Monday through Friday at the Belvidere Medical Building. Information about hepatitis and screening for sexually transmitted diseases is also available.  For more information contact the STI Program at 847-377-8450, or visit: http://www.lakecountyil.gov/1897/Sexually-Transmitted-InfectionHIV-Preven. 

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Lake County Health Department
3010 Grand Avenue
Waukegan, Il. 60085
(847) 377-8055