LOUISIANA: More than 250 Attend Health Awareness Event

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LOUISIANA: More than 250 Attend Health Awareness Event

Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (12.18.08) - Thursday, December 18, 2008
Earl Hodges

The recent third annual community health awareness fair, held in conjunction with World AIDS Day, drew some 250 people to the A.P. Clay Community Resource Center in Kenner. Among groups taking part were the New Orleans Regional AIDS Planning Council, New Orleans AIDS Task Force, and the New Orleans Mayor's Office of Health Policy and AIDS Funding. The many services offered included confidential HIV testing and screening for high blood pressure. Participation in the event has increased significantly: It attracted just 40 people in its first year, and then attendance jumped to 100 last year.
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