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Arms Now Offers Free Walk-In HIV Testing
AAI's Sunset Street
location began offering walk-in HIV testing on February 1, 2008. This is a
new service being offered to the community in hopes of making rapid HIV
testing more accessible and convenient. While an appointment is preferred,
any interested individual may still "drop in" and receive a free OraSure
Rapid HIV Test with a minimum amount of waiting. Hours are 9:00AM to 12:00
Noon and 1:00PM to 4:00PM Monday through Friday. Minors must be accompanied
by a parent or legal guardian.
-AIDS
Arms Peabody Health Center Named as New HIV/AIDS Clinical Research Site in Texas
AIDS Arms’ Peabody
Health Center, Clinical Research Site, Dallas, TX in conjunction with
Northwestern University Clinical Trials Unit in Chicago, is honored to
be named as one of the 140 U. S. and international sites to be selected as a
HIV/AIDS Clinical Research Site (CRS) by the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), part of
the
National Institutes of Health. NIAID supports the world’s largest
HIV/AIDS clinical research effort. It recently restructured its clinical
research organization into six networks, the
AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG) being one of those six. Peabody Health
Center has been named as a new Texas member of the ACTG. This project will
involve multiple short and long term research projects in the fight against
HIV/AIDS over a seven year period.
-HIV/AIDS
Update
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According to
Dallas County HHS on
January 15 – there were 1,313 new HIV/AIDS cases reported in 2007 in
Dallas County. This is
higher than previous years – 150 to 200 higher.
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According to the
Department of Health & Human Services this month (February 2008) – 1 in
300 people in the
United States are now HIV infected.
Approximately 1.6 million individuals.
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The
CDC
has evaluated its
reporting methods and has formally reported that instead of 40,000 new cases
per year in the United States, there are really 50,000 to 60,000 new cases
per year. We will not know the exact 2007 new infection numbers for some
time – that’s a long process before those statistics are publicized.
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The United States
is an exception when looking at new HIV infections on a global basis. The
World Health Organization recently (November 2007) reported that new HIV
infections were dropping in third world countries. The United States is not
– it is rising.

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General Information
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AIDS Arms, Inc (Main office, Oak Cliff)
219 Sunset #116-A
Dallas, TX 75208
Tel: 214-521-5191
Fax: 214-528-5879
Hours: Monday- Friday 8am-5pm
General reception calls
are not answered
between noon and 1pm during lunch. |
Peabody Health Center (Clinic, South Dallas)
1906 Peabody Ave
Dallas, TX 75215
Tel: 214-421-7848
Fax: 214-421-1119
Hours: Monday- Thursday 8am-5pm
Friday 8am-12; afternoon by appt.
General reception calls
are not answered between noon and 1pm during lunch. |
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Satellite Offices in:
Dallas County EIC
214-819-1947
For Ellis & Navarro Counties, call Toll
Free 1-866-495-3400
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Agency Holidays:
Please Note the Agency will be closed in
observance of the following holidays in 2008 and offices generally close
at 3pm preceding a holiday weekend:
- New Year’s Day –
Tuesday,
January 1, 2008
- Martin Luther King’s Birthday
– Monday, January 21, 2008
- President’s Day – Monday,
February 18, 2008
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Good Friday – Friday, March 21, 2008 (Agency Hours 8:30 am -
3:00 pm)
- Memorial Day – Monday, May
26, 2008
- Independence Day –
Friday,
July 4, 2008
- Labor Day – Monday, September
1, 2008
- Thanksgiving Day – Thursday,
November 27, 2008
- Day after Thanksgiving –
Friday, November 28, 2008
- Christmas Eve -
Wednesday,
December 24, 2008
- Christmas Day –
Thursday,
December 25, 2008
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