Get Tested! Know Your Status! According to BlackAidsDay.org, 1 in 16 Black Men and 1 in 32 Black Women will be diagnosed with HIV infection.  In 2010 alone, approximately 16,188 African Americans/Blacks were diagnosed with AIDS in the United States, this is a number that has slowly declined since 2007.  However, as of December 31, 2009, an estimated 250,745 African Americans/Blacks with an AIDS diagnosis had died in the United States alone. While these numbers may be scary, knowing your status so that if in fact you are positive you can receive treatment early, to live a longer, healthier life!

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Brooklyn doctors say that they believe that infected black males who have sex with men and also women are infecting black women in the city, who now make up 79% of all new HIV cases among Brooklyn women since the year 2011.   Doctors are seeking to expand studies on the crisis by focusing on certain neighborhoods like Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Williamsburg, Bushwick and East Flatbush.

“They (referring to young adults) aren’t using condoms. They are being reckless. Our lifestyle is taboo, The first time I got a STD,  it was HIV” said a 22 year old man, from Bed-Stuy who contracted HIV at 17.

The education and means to get testing is there, we just all have to be open to receiving it. Make it priority to get tested every six months. You can go to a free health clinic, your regular physician or even take Ora Quick in your own home! There is NO excuse!

Wrap It Up! Safe Sex is the Best Sex! 

Here are some free STD clinics in the Brooklyn area:

Crown Heights

1218 Prospect Place (at Troy Ave.) 2nd Flr.
Brooklyn, NY 11213

Travel: By bus take the B65 heading to Ocean Hill-Brownsville; get off at Dean St & Troy Ave.  From downtown Bklyn take the B51 at Smith St.; then transfer at the B65
By train station to 1218 Prospect Pl at Troy take the 4 train. Get off at Utica Ave.; walk 10 minutes or take the bus.

Monday thru Friday — 8:30am to 3:30pm

Services: STD Services for those patients presenting symptoms or at risk of exposure, Emergency Contraception, HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing

Intake closes at 12:00PM every last Wednesday of each month for a mandatory staff meeting.

Fort Greene

295 Flatbush Ave. Extension, 2nd Flr.
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(corner of Willoughby St.; near Fulton Mall & Long Island U.)
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Travel:#2, #3, #5 trains to Nevins Ave.;
N, R, D trains to Dekalb Ave.
**Note: Select Map of 295 Flatbush Ave. Extension

Tuesday thru Saturday — 8:30am to 3:00pm

Services: STD Services for those patients presenting symptoms or at risk of exposure, Emergency Contraception, HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing

Services: HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing Only
Intake closes at 12:00PM every last Friday of each month for a mandatory staff meeting.

 

Information source: NYC.GOV