HIV/AIDS Testing on World AIDS Day

PR0880E | Date: 2008-11-28

In commemoration of World AIDS Day, the American Institute in Taiwan, in cooperation with Taipei City Government's Department of Health, Standard Chartered Bank, and Taipei World Trade Center's International Trade Building, offers free anonymous HIV Counseling and Testing outside the Taipei World Center's International trade Building from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 1, 2008.

According to estimates from the UNAIDS 2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, around 30.8 million adults and 2 million children were living with HIV at the end of 2007. Education and testing remain crucial in the fight against HIV/AIDS, and the AIT is pleased to join such efforts to raise public awareness in the issue.