{"id":9916,"date":"2023-02-06T17:50:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T22:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=9916"},"modified":"2023-02-06T17:50:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T22:50:08","slug":"norfolk-health-department-offers-free-rapid-hiv-testing-and-counseling-on-national-black-hiv-aids-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/archived-news-releases\/2023-regional-news-releases\/norfolk-health-department-offers-free-rapid-hiv-testing-and-counseling-on-national-black-hiv-aids-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Norfolk Health Department Offers Free Rapid HIV Testing and Counseling on National Black HIV\/AIDS Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 6, 2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong><br \/>\nMedia Contact:<\/strong> Liza de la Cruz, <a href=\"mailto:Liza.delaCruz@vdh.virginia.gov\">Liza.delaCruz@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a>, 757-805-7081<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Norfolk Health Department Offers Free Rapid HIV Testing and Counseling on National Black HIV\/AIDS Awareness Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NORFOLK, VA \u2013 National Black HIV\/AIDS Awareness Day is a day to highlight the progress made to reduce HIV in the Black or African-American communities.\u00a0 In recognition of this day, the Norfolk Department of Public Health is offering rapid HIV testing and counseling on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 830 Southampton Avenue in Norfolk. This community event will include PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) information and giveaways in addition to the rapid HIV testing and counseling. <strong>This event is free and open to all.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nFor more information on PrEP or HIV testing, contact the Norfolk Department of Public Health at 757-683-2735.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 6, 2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Media Contact: Liza de la Cruz, Liza.delaCruz@vdh.virginia.gov, 757-805-7081 Norfolk Health Department Offers Free Rapid HIV Testing and Counseling on National Black HIV\/AIDS Awareness Day NORFOLK, VA \u2013 National Black HIV\/AIDS Awareness Day is a day to highlight the progress made to reduce HIV in the Black or African-American communities.\u00a0 In recognition of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":444,"featured_media":0,"parent":9835,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[239,240,10],"class_list":["post-9916","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-hiv","tag-norfolk-health-department-offers-free-rapid-hiv-testing-and-counseling-on-national-black-hiv-aids-awareness-day","tag-testing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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