Business Wire - September 21, 2009
WASHINGTON - AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US' largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider, which provides medical care and/or services to more than 100,000 individuals in 21 countries worldwide, is honored to announce the September 24th grand opening of AHF's first AIDS treatment center in Washington, DC, where the HIV rate is now reported to be 3%--higher than the rate in Lagos, Nigeria. The health care center, AHF's first to be named in honor of Hollywood actor and longtime AIDS advocate Blair Underwood, will include a state-of-the-art, full-service HIV/AIDS treatment clinic as well as an on-site AHF Pharmacy. The facility will be known as the AHF Blair Underwood Clinic.
WHAT: PRESS CONFERENCE: New DC AIDS Clinic Opens--Dedication Ceremony
'AHF Blair Underwood Clinic,' a full-service HIV/AIDS treatment clinic and AHF Pharmacy opens on K Street, NW
WHEN: THURSDAY, September 24th 2009---10:00AM Eastern
WHERE:
AHF Blair Underwood Healthcare Center
2141 K Street, NW (near Washington Circle, between 21st & 22nd Streets)
Suite 606, Washington, DC 20037
WHO: Blair Underwood, actor and longtime AIDS advocate
Roxanne Cox-Iyamu, MD, Medical Director, AHF Blair Underwood Clinic
Dr. Jeremy Zellers, AHF Pharmacist
Cynthia Davis, MPH, Assistant Professor and HIV Testing Program Director, Drew University
Mobile Testing Units, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles
Michael Weinstein, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, President
Whitney Engeran-Cordova, Director, Public Health Division, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
CONTACTS:
Ged Kenslea, AHF Dir. of Communications (323) 791-5526 cell (323) 860-5225 office
Lori Yeghiayan, AHF Assoc. Dir. of Communications (323) 377-4312 cell (323) 860-5227 office
Underwood, a popular and award-winning Hollywood actor has also been a longtime AIDS advocate, whose activism and advocacy on HIV/AIDS blossomed after he visited the hard hit country of South Africa many years ago. He is a founding member of the advocacy group, 'Artists for a New South Africa,' and has previously been featured in several AHF media campaigns, most notably AHF's highly-effective "Man Up" HIV testing media campaign. Underwood will officially dedicate and tour AHF's newest venture in the fight against AIDS--the state-of-the-art AIDS healthcare center and pharmacy serving Washington, DC named in his honor in a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony this Thursday, September 24th at 10am. The AHF Blair Underwood Healthcare Center is located in medical building at 2141 K Street, NW, Suite 606 (between 21st and 22nd), Washington, DC. www.aidshealth.org
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Contacts
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Ged Kenslea, 323-860-5225
Mobile: 323-791-5526
gedk@aidshealth.org
or
Lori Yeghiayan, 323-860-5227
Mobile: 323-377-4312
loriy@aidshealth.org
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