Free condoms and HIV testing – Jackson area, April 13th – 14th
AIDS group’s 70-foot, 18-wheel ‘Condom Nation’ big rig and companion Sprinter van continue national condom giveaway tour with stops in Mississippi. Goal: 6 months, 25-states, 10 million free condoms!
By AIDS Healthcare Foundation
04/12/2012
Jackson, MS
O quê:
MEDIA AVAILABILITY—Free condom giveaway. AHF’s ‘Condom Nation’ 18-wheel semi truck continues six-month, 25-state free condom tour; advocates to hand out free condoms throughout Mississippi with local partners.
Quando onde:
- Sexta-feira, 13 de abrilth 10:30am – 1:30pm Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch St Jackson, MS
- Sexta-feira, 13 de abrilth 2:00pm – 4:30pm OPPORTUNITY CENTER (Stewpot Community Services), 845 East Amite Street, Jackson, MS 39203
- Sexta-feira, 13 de abrilth 7:00pm – 9:30pm Tougaloo College, 500 West County Line Road, Tougaloo, MS 39174
- Sábado, abril 14th 10:00am – 2:00pm Battlefield Park, 953 Porter Street, Jackson, MS
Quem:
James Vellequette, Associate Director, AHF’s ‘Condom Nation Tour’
Marilyn Moering Watkins, DrPH (ABD), MPH, CHES, Executive Director,
Building Bridges, Inc.
Rolo B
70-foot, 18-wheel ‘Condom Nation’ big-rig with condoms and safer sex education materials; advocates with ‘cigarette girl’ style trays giving out ‘LOVE’ condoms
Contactos:
ON THE ROAD—
James Vellequette, Associate Director, ‘Condom Nation’ Tour, +1.323.573.3005 cell
Marilyn Moering Watkins, DrPH (ABD), MPH, CHES, Executive Director,
Building Bridges, Inc. (601) 927-4303
LOS ANGELES
Ged Kenslea, AHF Communications, +1.323.791.5526 cell
Fundação de Cuidados de Saúde para AIDS (AHF) Turnê 'Condom-Nation'—AHF’s specially-designed 70-foot long, 18 wheel ‘Condom Nation’ big rig truck and a companion ‘Condom Nation’ Sprinter van rolls into Mississippi—the tenth location of the ‘Condom Nation Tour’–a groundbreaking 25-state, six-month nationwide tour to select cities, towns and states to hand out ten million free condoms and provide safer sex information in conjunction with local partners who are offering free HIV testing at many of the stops along the tour. ‘Condom Nation’ was launched from the famed Boardwalk in Venice Beach, California as part of AHF’s worldwide observation of International Condom Day—an informal holiday observed annually on February 13th Em conjunto com o Dia dos Namorados.
In and around Jasckson, condom giveaway and events will take place in conjunction with the non-profit group Building Bridges, (headed by Marilyn Moering Watkins, DrPH (ABD), MPH, CHES, Executive Director of Building Bridges, Inc., Condom Nation’s local partner and who coordinated most of the Louisiana events), Jackson State University, The OPPORTUNITY CENTER of Stewpot Community Services and Tougaloo College.
O caminhão gigante da 'Condom Nation' (e a van menor, também adesivada com a mesma temática) encerrará a turnê pelos EUA no final de julho em Washington, DC, chegando pouco antes da abertura da XIX Conferência Internacional de AIDS naquela cidade.
“Condom Nation is a serious, yet somewhat whimsical and creative effort by AIDS Healthcare Foundation to help promote increased condom use and to help make condoms more accessible and affordable,” said Michael Weinstein, President of AIDS Healthcare Foundation. “Condoms are an essential part of preventing HIV and STDs. Not only are they extremely effective at preventing transmission, they are cheaper and easier to use than many other prevention tools. Our hope is that Condom Nation raises awareness and sparks conversations along the way—both on the coasts and in the heartland—about the importance condoms and the crucial role they play in disease prevention and safer sex.”
Atualmente, há aproximadamente 48,000 novas infecções por HIV e 19 milhões de novas infecções por DSTs todos os anos nos Estados Unidos.
Infelizmente, poucas pessoas têm acesso confiável e acessível a preservativos. Estudos recentes mostram que, quando os preservativos estão disponíveis a preços razoáveis ou são gratuitos, mais pessoas os utilizam como medida de proteção contra DSTs, HIV e gravidez indesejada. Além disso, o preço médio de varejo de US$ 1 por preservativo é compensado por um custo de produção de apenas US$ 04, restando US$ 96 de lucro. Os preservativos vendidos no varejo são simplesmente caros demais para muitas pessoas, e os locais que os distribuem gratuitamente geralmente ficam geograficamente distantes daqueles que precisam deles.
“In order to better protect the public health, we need universal access to condoms and they need to be available at an extremely low cost,” said James Vellequette, Associate Director for AHF’s ‘Condom Nation.’ “This tour is a national call to action to achieve these goals and we are delighted to be working with our Mississippi partners at free condom give-away events over the next week.”
'Condom Nation' irá:
- Faça parceria com mais de 25 defensores locais em 25 estados para distribuir dez milhões de preservativos gratuitos.
- Educar e conscientizar sobre práticas sexuais seguras.
- Promover o uso de preservativos por meio de educação e publicidade.
- Liderar uma campanha nacional de defesa para reduzir o preço dos preservativos.
Cidades da Nação dos Preservativos
Some of the cities the Condom Nation Tour will visit include Venice, CA (2/13/12 tour launch); Oakland, CA (Feb 17); Las Vegas, NV (Feb 21-25, condom & testing events various nights with local partners: South Nevada Health District Office of AIDS, The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada and The Sin City Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence); Phoenix, AZ (Mar 1-2 with the Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS); Albuquerque, NM (Mar 7th with New Mexico AIDS Services); Oklahoma City (Mar 9-11 with Guiding Light, Inc.) Ft. Worth, TX (Mar 13-14) Dallas, TX (Mar 15-16); San Antonio, TX (Mar 17-22) Houston, TX (Mar 22-24); Lafayette, LA (Mar 27 with Aspirations, Inc.) Baton Rouge, LA (Mar 28-31 with Aspirations, Inc.); Jackson, MS (April 13-14) Atlanta, GA (April 18-22, condom and testing with groups Citywide and ACT NOW!) Norfolk, VA, (April 23-28) St. Petersburg, FL; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Jacksonville, FL; Fayetteville, NC and other locations still to be worked out with the Condom Nation Tour culminating in Washington, DC on July 22, 2012—where AHF is also spearheading the ‘Keep the Promise’ on HIV/AIDS Treatment March on Washington on July 22nd.
De acordo com um relatório de dezembro de 2011 da Kaiser Family Foundation sobre políticas de HIV/AIDS, o CDC (Centro de Controle e Prevenção de Doenças) relata que existem aproximadamente 1.1 milhão de pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS nos Estados Unidos; estima-se que 20% dessas pessoas nem sequer sabem que estão infectadas. Além disso, nova publicação de notícias published on February 15, 2012 on the website www.aidsmap.com reports that as many of half of all, “…new HIV transmissions in the US originate in individuals who are unaware that they are HIV-positive, a modelling study published in the online edition of AIDS estimates. Only 20% of HIV infections in the US are undiagnosed, but the investigators calculated that they were the source of 49% of all new onward transmissions.”
Para saber mais sobre a Condom Nation e encontrar recursos para ajudar sua comunidade, visite [link para o site da Condom Nation].
