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BASUAH is an acronym for Brothers And Sisters United Against HIV. A
program of the Illinois Department of Public Health, BASUAH promotes
HIV/AIDS awareness among communities of color through education,
collaboration and community engagement.
An estimated 1.2 million people in the United States are living with
HIV, and that number grows by almost 50,000 every year. One in seven
people who have HIV don’t know it. That means they aren’t getting
the medicine they need to stay healthy and keep from passing HIV to
their partners. In Illinois an average of 1,800
people are diagnosed with HIV each year.
Get the facts.
Get tested and encourage others to get tested, too.
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Find the nearest testing center in Illinois by using the
Text2Survive widget, or text IL plus your ZIP code to 36363.
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Use http://hivcareconnect.com to find testing services,
housing providers, health centers and other service providers in
Illinois.
Get involved. Participate in a National HIV Testing Day event.
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Sign up to become a peer educator by taking a free online training.
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community events near you or text EVENT to 36363.
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Lieutenant Governor Evelyn nguinneti opened the conference on March 24,
2015, at the Hilton Lisle/Naperville, with the announcement that
Governor Bruce Rauner had proclaimed April to be Minority Health Month.
IDPH Director Nirav D. Shah, M.D., J.D. followed Lt. Governor
Sanguinneti’s remarks with his keynote address highlighting health gains
in the 30 years since the release of then Secretary of Health and Human
Services Margaret M. Heckler’s report on the nation’s health, which for
the first time highlighted the significant health disparities between
whites and racial minorities in the United States.
View Keynote Speakers
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Workshop Presentations
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Read the
National HIV/AIDS Strategy
and talk about it with others
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Use our Text2Survive Mobile program –
it’s easy, it’s convenient
Text event to 36363 for free
health events around the state
Text IL and your ZIP code to
36363 for a free HIV testing location near you.
Text game to 36363 to test
your HIV knowledge.
For all services, text HELP IDPH for help, and STOP IDPH
to cancel. Message abd Data rates may apply. For Terms
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"It's MAGIC" -
winning entry for HIV Awareness contest sponsored by the
Illinois Dept of Public Health. |
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BASUAH
Education Island in
Second Life
In Second Life, our Ambassadors
practice role playing and presentations skills and hold
discussion forums with others online. They also have an
opportunity to explore different personas and learn what it
would be like to be in someone else's shoes. To get started
in Second Life, visit this link
http://basuahinsl.blogspot.com/
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Quality of Life Endowment Fund
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- Nationally, AIDS is the leading cause of
death among African American women age 25-34 and the second
leading cause of death of African American men age 35-44.
- HIV/AIDS cases among African Americans are the highest among
all racial/ethnic groups with a total of 1,406 cases reported in
2004 in Illinois, which consists of more than half the total
reported cases in the state (2,662). Whites comprised 26
percent of the reported cases, Hispanics 15 percent and Asians
1.4 percent.
- Of the total reported HIV cases among females in Illinois,
70 percent were African-American.
- Among the total male population with HIV in Illinois, 47
percent were African American.
- Nearly 72 percent of African-American
women and 64 percent of African-American men with HIV infection
reported in 2004 were under 40 years of age.
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Know your Status
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Get Tested
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Get Your Friends Tested
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Illinois
Department of Public Health
535 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, Illinois 62761
Phone 217-782-4977
Fax 217-782-3987
TTY 800-547-0466
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