In honor of National HIV Testing Day, here is a list of testing sites in NC! National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is an annual event meant to raise awareness of the importance of knowing one’s HIV status and encourage at-risk individuals to receive an HIV test. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV; of these, an estimated 21% do not know they are infected. There are awesome free and confidential testing events all week (and every week) and you can usually get tested for other STI’s while you’re there! Make a healthy choice for yourself and your partners and GET TESTED this week!!!
- North Carolina Health Departments (http://www.ncalhd.org/county.htm): Free HIV testing is available at all of the North Carolina Health Departments. Details are listed below.
- The Orange County Health Department provides, free, confidential counseling and testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) at both clinical sites (Hillsborough andChapel Hill). Services include a physical examination, appropriate labs, treatment and counseling for HIV, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia (females only), Herpes (tissue culture for symptomatic clients only), Urethritis (males), and Trichomonas. STD testing is by appointment with same day or next day availability. Contact the clinic at Hillsborough (919) 245-2400 orChapel Hill(919) 968-2022 for further information or an appointment. Check out their website at: http://www.co.orange.nc.us/health/STD.asp
- The Durham County Health Department provides HIV/STD screening free of charge. Contact them at:
414 East Main St.
Durham,NC
919-560-7610
- The Wake County Health Department also provides HIV/STD screening for free. Contact them at:
10 Sunnybrook RoadRaleigh,NC27610
- WakeCountyHuman Services has put together an AWESOME website with an interactive calendar of HIV/STD testing events in the area. The testing sites listed are open to the general public unless otherwise specified. Check it out here: http://www.wakegov.com/humanservices/health/hiv_std/hiv_std_testing.htm
- The Triad Health Project Greensboro offers free, confidential HIV testing every Monday evening from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Call them or go visit the office or website (http://www.triadhealthproject.com/) for more details:
801 Summit Ave.
Greensboro,NC27405
336-275-1654
- You can get a free rapid HIV test from 6-9 pm on Wednesdays at the Student Health Action Coalition. Contact them at:
Carrboro Community Health Center103 LloydSt.Carrboro,NC27510919-942-8741
- Allianceof AIDS Services –Carolinaoffers free blood tests for HIV on Monday through Thursday from 9 am to 12 pm and on Monday and Thursday evenings from 6-9 pm. Find them here:
324 S. Harrington St.Raleigh, NC 919-834-2437
- The Raleigh Women’s Center offers HIV testing on the first and third Mondays of every month from 1-3 pm. You can find them here:
128 East Hargett St., Suite 10Raleigh,NC27601919-829-3711
- The Open Door Clinic inRaleighoffers HIV testing on Tuesdays from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Contact them here:
1390 Capital BlvdRaleigh, NC 27603 919-832-0820
- St. John’sMetropolitanCommunityChurchoffers HIV testing on Saturdays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. You can contact them here:
805 Glenwood Ave.Raleigh, NC 27605 919-834-2611
- As a service of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this site has a lot of information on HIV testing as well as a search engine that will find HIV testing clinics in your zip code. Check it out here: http://www.hivtest.org/ or http://aids.gov/locator/
