The 3rd Annual Harm Reduction Tea Party will take place on Sunday, February 24, to coincide with International Family Drug Support Day. The event will take place at the Western WNCAP office – 3257 Georgia Road in Franklin, NC. The event is hosted by WNCAP, Full Circle Recovery, and the WNC Harm Reduction Alliance along with global partners Families for Sensible Drug Policy and Family Drug Support. Family support must be … Read More
President Trump’s Call To End HIV/AIDS Clashes With White House Policies
On February 5, 2019, President Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address that his administration’s budget would request “the needed commitment to eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years.” The president, calling for bipartisan unity on this issue, went on to say, “Together, we will defeat AIDS in America.” Even as HIV advocates across the … Read More
February 14 | Valentine’s Day STI Testing Event
Valentine’s Day is an opportunity to express your love to your spouse, partner, family and friends. But this Valentine’s Day, how about showing yourself some SELF LOVE? How? By knowing your status! Stop by Firestorm Books & Coffee tomorrow, February 14, from 10am-1pmfor a free Valentine’s Day Testing event (see the Facebook event here). WNCAP and Buncombe County Health & Human Services will be on hand … Read More
February 7 | National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) is a commemorative day designed to promote HIV testing and treatment among Black people in the United States. NBHAAD was founded in 1999 as a national response to the growing HIV and AIDS epidemic in African American communities. Rates of HIV/AIDS are disproportionately higher in the Black community compared to the general population. Structural inequality in the healthcare sector, dense sexual … Read More