381961 event 1424788463 1492118396 <![CDATA[Free HIV Testing]]> Health Promotion, a unit of Stamps Health Services, will offer free HIV testing on Monday, March 9 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Student Center. The free testing, provided by AIDS Healthcare Foundation, is available to all Georgia Tech students, faculty, and staff at no charge. Testing will be performed using the INSTI test and results will be given immediately. Health Educators will be present to make sexual health information and resources available.

This event is a part of Health Promotion's G.Y.P. (Get Yourself Protected). The goal of G.Y.P. is to empower Georgia Tech students to make healthy decisions regarding protection if they choose to be sexually active. HIV testing is available to eligible students at Stamps Health Services at a low cost on an ongoing basis.

Health Promotion is proud to partner with AIDS Healthcare Foundation to provide this service to the Georgia Tech community.

]]> Michelle Cohen Segall
Health Educator, Stamps Health Services
michelle.segall@health.gatech.edu

]]> Many sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, can be asymptomatic – a person could have a STI and not know it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in five (21 percent) of those people living with HIV in the United States are unaware of their infection. The only way to be sure someone don’t have HIV is to be tested.

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