Prevention :: Matthew 25 AIDS Services

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Runway Red Tickets On Sale Now!

Matthew 25 AIDS Services, Inc. plans to pack the Community Baptist Church auditorium on Saturday March 17 from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm, when the nonprofit organization stages its fifth annual charity fashion show and lunch, Runway Red. Tickets are on sale now! Visit our event page for more information and to purchase tickets.

View this link to President Obama's National HIV/AIDS Strategy.

February 7^th is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, and we are honoring this day by encouraging HIV testing during the entire month of February. Did you know that when looking at HIV/AIDS statistics by race and ethnicity alone, African Americans are disproportionately affected by this disease than any other? African Americans make up 14% of the US population and account for 44% of all new HIV infections and 46% of all people living with HIV. African Americans accounted for 57% of all HIV-related deaths in 2006. We can make a difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS! Know your status! Get an HIV test today!

Get Educated! Get Tested! Get Involved! Get Treated!

We are offering FREE HIV testing (no needles – we use an oral swab) with results in 20 minutes at several area locations more....

Matthew 25 is a proud partner of Until There's A Cure. By shopping at Until There's A Cure and selecting Matthew 25 as the beneficiary, we will receive 25% of your purchase price. We also have UTAC items available at our Henderson Clinic. They can be purchased by stopping by during regular business hours.

Prevention

Matthew 25’s Prevention Team uses innovative techniques to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS. Condom kits are distributed to area bars to help promote safer sex. The prevention team also offers confidential HIV testing in numerous outreach locations. condomkits

Thanks to our collaborative efforts with our tri-state community, we have been able to broaden our prevention and outreach efforts. By this, I mean we have been able to complete over 630 free HIV tests throughout the area in 2009. We’ve expanded our services by offering testing in more accessible, non-clinical and confidential settings and at more convenient times including nights and weekends.

We have distributed more than 23,000 of our safer sex kits throughout the area. This tells us that people are finding them more accessible. We have expanded our distribution sites to over 30 locations throughout the tri-state. This is all due to the great efforts of our prevention team, our wonderful volunteers and the area organizations.

We have participated in at least 20 health fairs, conducted numerous HIV-101 educational trainings, and participated in several area functions. We have presented on the statewide levels in Indiana and Kentucky at annual conferences on the services we offer. We have conducted interactive educational courses with area nursing, pharmacy, social work and medical students in an effort to bridge the gap of bringing prevention into clinical care.

We have also been active with national conference participation and presentation on successful HIV prevention efforts as well as holding events such as National Black HIV Awareness Day, National HIV Testing Day, the AIDS Walk, and World AIDS Day. We are heavily involved on the statewide and national levels in advocating for services for those individuals infected and affected by HIV. Administrator, Cyndee Burton serves as Treasurer for this organization and the Kentucky Governor’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Cyndee was honored as one of the top ten Registered Nurses for Excellence in HIV Care in the nation by The Body.com. Adherence RN, Brenda Kreiger serves as President of the Indiana CAB. Nurse Practitioner, Dennis Myers is certified by the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) and serves on their national policy committee. The entire prevention team participates with area Collaborative Partners. We held a very successful meeting with the AIDS Resource Group and the Evansville Black Coalition to continue in all of our efforts in continuing HIV prevention and care services.

Matthew 25 AIDS Services, Inc. has come a long way in just a few years… even over the last 525,600 minutes we are finding that we have been able to greatly increase our visibility and accessibility. Thank you to the entire community for your continued support of our efforts in the prevention of HIV.

Together we ALL are putting the “UNITY” back into “COMM-UNITY.”