Find out where you can get an HIV test in your area
  • Call the CDC National AIDS and STDS Hotline at 1-800-342-AIDS (1-800-342-2437) for a 24-hour, toll-free hotline available in English and Spanish and for the hearing impaired. Receive free HIV/AIDS resources, and be referred to counseling and HIV testing sites, as well as local Planned Parenthood clinics for other sexual health services.
  • For test sites near you, visit:
    www.knowhivaids.org/prev_gettested.html#testing
If you are HIV-positive

  • Get support and treatment.
  • Prevent the infection of others.
  • There are many resources available to you, including medications that allow people with HIV/AIDS to live long, healthy lives. Visit www.aidsmeds.com to learn more about AIDS treatment.

    *Information adapted from link: www.knowhivaids.org




    Phill Wilson, who has been living with HIV/AIDS for over 20 years, is the Executive Director of the Black AIDS Institute, ANSA's primary U.S. AIDS partner.
    Photographer: Alan Bell