VDH Launches Syphilis Awareness Campaign

May 7 – June 3, 2007

Syphilis has been on the rise in Virginia since 2003, but with increased awareness and testing, health officials are hoping to eliminate the illness. The new advertising campaign urges people to know their risk factors and to get tested. Television and radio advertisements will be aired throughout the Northern, Central and Eastern portions of the Commonwealth this month.

Please call the VDH Hotline at 1-800-533-4148 if you have questions about this campaign or syphilis elimination in Virginia.

Syphilis awareness campaign materials include:

• On the Rise PSA- 30 seconds
  
• On the Rise PSA- 10 seconds
  
• Doesn’t Matter PSA- 30 seconds
  
• Doesn’t Matter poster
  
• Doesn’t Matter Poster – Spanish version
  
• Do You Have Syphilis? Poster
  
• Do You Have Syphilis? Poster – Spanish version
  
• Syphilis campaign radio scripts

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