UNIDOS PODEMOS: DETENGAMOS ALVIH/SIDA. LA PREVENCIÓN EMPIEZA CON NOSOTROS.
United we can. HIV/AIDS Stops here. Prevention starts with us.

Baton Rouge AIDS Society will sponsor a two day testing event within the following communities:

1.  Friday, October 8, 2010
3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Amigos
13225 Perkins Rd., B.R., LA  70810
2. Saturday, October 9
11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
El Magey Mexican Buffet
8290 Siegen Lane, B.R., LA  70810

3.  Friday, October 15, 2010
5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Juanita's Supermercado
11209 Muriel Ave., B.R., LA  70816
4. Saturday, October 16
4:00 pm - 8:00 p.m.
La Patrona
11250 Florida Blvd., B.R., LA  70815

October 15 is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). This day marks an opportunity to increase awareness of the devastating and disproportionate effects of AIDS in the Latino community. NLAAD is also a day to encourage HIV testing and to push for support from public officials and religious leaders.

The Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA), the Hispanic Federation and many other organizations organize this day. Hispanics/Latinos, who represent only 15% of the total U.S. population, make up 18% of new HIV infections. Among Latinos, men make up the vast majority of new HIV infections (76%), but Latino women are also at disproportionate risk for HIV. They are infected with HIV at a rate four times greater than white women.