BROOKLYN KNOWS
Yesterday, Assistant Commissioner of the Brooklyn DPHO, Dr. Aletha Maybank and Assistant Commissioner of HIV/AIDS Prevention & Control, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, spoke at the Brooklyn Knows HIV Testing Initiative’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) workshop. The MOU workshop brought together Brooklyn Knows partners to discuss how they can more effectively create MOUs to expand the reach of the Brooklyn Knows HIV Testing Initiative.
Brooklyn Knows is one of the largest HIV testing efforts in the country. This initiative aims to test Brooklyn residents who have never been tested for HIV and link HIV-positive individuals to quality care and supportive services. Over 85 community partners joined the Initiative in the first year alone and the list continues to grow. These partners share similar goals to:
Goal 1: Provide a voluntary HIV test for every Brooklyn resident who has never been tested. Goal 2: Identify undiagnosed HIV-positive persons in Brooklyn and link them to care. Goal 3: Make HIV testing a routine part of health care in Brooklyn.
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