The South has some of the highest rates of HIV diagnosis in the country. Organizations are pushing to bring outreach and prevention to the state of Alabama.
“HIV is here, and it is something that we should be aware of,” said Tommy Williams, a health worker at the UAB 1917 clinic, the largest HIV care center in the state. He says people might not know this area is heavily affected.
Anyssa Tyson’s job is working on prevention outreach and testing at the hub. She says many of the people she interacts with are battling being seen as an outsider. “I do this work so that people come up or the future people don’t have to deal with the people that I know what they had to deal with,” Tyson explained. They say many people do not know the difference between HIV and AIDS. Most people with HIV in America do not develop AIDS.
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