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For Immediate Release:
11 June 2007
Contact:
Shumaya B.Ali
shumaya22@hotmail.com
5th
Annual Summer Health Fair
Join Save Lives:
Free the Condoms Coalition to Make Art from Condoms
Washington, DC –June 11, 2007
- Save Lives: Free the Condoms Coalition (Save Lives) will
distribute free condoms at the Health Fair and engage interested members of the
Health Fair crowd to craft their condoms into works of art, as a way to
de-stigmatize condom use in Washington DC. The Health Fair is sponsored by the
Children’s National Medical Center, will take place on Friday, June 15, 2007 at the
Children’s Health Center, 2501 Good Hope Road, SE, from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
For more information on the Health Fair call Elva Anderson at (202) 884-6944.
Save Lives believes this activity
will create dialogue about access to condoms and HIV/AIDS prevention. The Coalition is hopeful that as participants
leave with their artwork, they will understand the importance of condom access
and condom use, especially in Washington, DC—a
city with the highest rate of HIV/AIDS transmission in the nation.
Condoms are a proven method of
preventing unintended pregnancies, STDs and HIV/AIDS transmission; however,
access to condoms remains a challenge for segments of society, which can
discourage use and, thereby, contribute to increase rates of sexually
transmission diseases.
According to a report by DC Appleseed, a non-profit
organization that works to solve the public policy problems in Washington,
DC, “Removing barriers to condoms and increasing
use of condoms among those that are sexually active must become a top
priority.” DC Appleseed estimates that as many as 1 in 20 DC residents may be
HIV positive.
Save Lives: Free the Condoms
Coalition is a non-profit grass roots organization under the auspices of The
Student Public Health Association at The George Washington University School of
Public Health and Health Services. The Coalition fights to improve condom
access for everyone. For more information on Save Lives please visit us at http://studentorgs.gwu.edu/phsa/savelives/
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