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HUGHES TO PARTICIPATE
IN “GET TEX-TED FOR HIV” EVENT
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Hughes |
WHO:
State Senator Vincent Hughes, The
Philadelphia Department of Public Health and
OraSure Technologies
WHAT:
"GET Tex-ted for HIV" Mobile Texting Program
Launch
WHEN:
Friday, June 26
11 a.m.
WHERE:
Pediatric & Adolescent Care Center at Cobbs
Creek
255 Cobbs Creek Parkway, (63rd &
Locust Sts.)
Philadelphia
In recognition of National HIV Testing Day,
state Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-Phila.)will
join the Philadelphia Department of Health
AIDS Activities Coordinating Office (AACO)
and OraSure Technologies to launch “Get Tex-ted
for HIV,” an HIV testing campaign that
utilizes mobile text messages to link
residents of Philadelphia with the location
of HIV testing sites throughout the city.
Hughes will also demonstrate the speed and
simplicity of an HIV testing device
developed by Orasure Technologies of
Bethlehem, PA. The OraQuick test involves
taking an oral fluid sample with a swab that
is then inserted into a testing device. The
results are available in 20 minutes.
Hughes said news of the development of
faster, easier testing methods has been slow
in reaching communities most affected by the
disease.
Media coverage is invited and encouraged.
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