SOME WAYS TO GET AROUND AS THIS COULD REMAIN CLOSED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
>> JONATHAN, THANK YOU.
DESPITE FACING CHALLENGES,
THESE DAYS PEOPLE WITH HIV ARE
LIVING HAPPY AND PRODUCTIVE
LIVES ALL THANKS TO TREATMENT.
IN RESEARCH AND AWARENESS.
>> FLORIDA HAS ONE OF THE WORST
RECORDS RIGHT NOW FOR HIV
CASES.
LAST WEEK NEWS BROKE THAT
SENATOR RICK SCOTT BLOCKS
FEDERAL FUNDS TO FIGHT THE
STATE HIV CRISIS DURING HIS
TIME SERVING AS THE STATE’S
GOVERNOR.
>> WHILE THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A
SETBACK IS A HEALTH CENTER
RIGHT NOW IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
CONTINUES TO GET RESULTS IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST HIV.
>> LEARNING IS NOW OPEN HOUSE
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATIONS
DIRECTOR JOSHUA MYERS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND THANK
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW
THIS IS IMPACTING CENTRAL
FLORIDA WITH THIS FUNDING NEWS
OR LACK OF FUNDING THEREOF
BECAUSE IT’S A LITTLE BIT
COMPLICATED.
>> WE WERE SHOCKED AT HOPE AND
HEALTH ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT
FLORIDA IS NUMBER ONE FOR HIV
TRANSMISSION YET AGAIN.
SO WE HAVE FOUR CITIES IN THE
TOP 10 LIST NATIONALLY.
SO THAT PUTS FLORIDA RIGHT
THERE.
AND TO LEARN THAT NEARLY $70
MILLION OF FUNDING IS KIND OF
WISHED AWAY IT WAS REALLY SAD
BUT THERE IS HOPE AND STILL
TREATMENT SERVICES AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE A GREAT DONOR
CONSTITUENCY AND SUPPORTERS
LIKE NEWS 6 WHO HELP US ARRIVE
AND ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
>> WE LOVE THE HOPE AND HEALTH
CENTER.
YOU GUYS DO SO MUCH AMAZING
WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO FOLKS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR
WITH SERVICES THEY CAN FIND
HOPE AND HEALTH LOOKS
ABSOLUTELY WE ARE FREE HIV
TESTING AND FREE SYPHILIS
TESTING AND BE OF TREATMENT AND
TESTING SERVICES.
WE HAVE WHAT IS CALLED
ALL-INCLUSIVE SERVICE AND WHAT
THAT MEANS IS FOR PEOPLE LIVING
WITH HIV SOMETIMES THERE TO
TAKE A TWO HOUR BUS RIDE TO GET
FROM ONE PART OF TOWN TO THE
OTHER PART OF TOWN AND THEN GO
TO ANOTHER PART OF TOWN TO MEET
WITH HER PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR
AND THEN THEY HAVE THE
INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR.
WE HAVE ALL THAT IN ONE
LOCATION.
SO VERY CONVENIENT FOR FOLKS SO
THEY CAN DO THE TREATMENT THEY
NEED FOR HIV AND GET PRIMARY
CARE.
>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS
YOU’RE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE
SPREAD AWARENESS TO HELP COMBAT
THE SPREAD OF HIV RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS
IN EDUCATIONAL TOOLS AVAILABLE
THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL
LEARNING ABOUT.
>> STILL LEARNING, THAT IS KEY.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE CAMPAIGN
CALLED CHOOSE TO PROTECT.
AND FOUR MAIN THINGS.
TALK TESTING CONDOMS AND PREP.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THE TOP
PORTION, WE ENCOURAGING
EVERYONE TO TALK ABOUT HIV AND
TALK ABOUT SUPER SACKS WITH
YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND
CHILDREN AND PARENTS.
YOUR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY.
YOUR MEDICAL PROVIDER.
ONCE WE START THE CONVERSATION
WE GENERATE AWARENESS.
WE ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO GET
TESTED.
CDC RECOMMENDS EVERYONE GET
TESTED AT LEAST ONE TIME A YEAR
IF YOU’RE ACTIVE.
AND FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE
MULTIPLE PARTNERS MIGHT BE A
LITTLE MORE ACTIVE OR IN A
MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIP HE
TESTED TWO OR THREE TIMES A
YEAR.
AND ALSO DIFFERENT TYPES OF
CONDOMS TO USE THAT ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT FORMS OUT THERE.
THERE IS LARGE SMALL SMOOTH
RIBBED FEMALE AND MALE CONDOMS
AS WELL.
SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW
TO USE THEM CONSISTENTLY AND
CORRECTLY.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS WE
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT
APPROPRIATE PREP IS PREEXPOSURE
PROPHYLAXIS ONE-A-DAY PILL THAT
YOU TAKE TO WHERE IT IS UP TO
99 PERCENT EFFECTIVE IN
STOPPING HIV NEGATIVE PERSON
FROM COMING HIV POSITIVE
THROUGH SEXUAL CONTACT.
>> I FEEL LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE
STILL DO NOT KNOW ABOUT
APPROPRIATE IF YOU LIKE CERTAIN
COMMUNITIES WHERE IT’S MORE
PREVALENT.
BUT WHEN I MENTIONED IT TO
PEOPLE, SO MANY PEOPLE LIKE
WHAT IS THAT.
WHAT HE THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
DO NOT KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THESE
THINGS.
>> IS A RELATIVELY NEW THING
AND MANUFACTURERS ARE STARTING
TO BEEF UP MARKETING BOARD.
WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED PREP
PLUS AND WE TAKE CARE OF ALL
THE ENROLLMENT FOR YOU SO 72
EIGHT BUSINESS HOURS YOU GET
YOUR BUSINESS IN HAND AS YOU GO
THROUGH THE SERVICE OF
QUESTIONS AND JUST WE WANT TO
DETERMINE IF THIS IS THE BEST
FOR YOU.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHO’S
AFFECTED BY HIV THERE’S A LOT
OF MISCONCEPTION THERE AS WELL
BECAUSE SOME OF THE FASTEST
GROWING GROUPS ARE NOT
NECESSARILY GAY OR BISEXUAL
PEOPLE.
IT MAY BE WOMEN AND IT MAY BE
WOMEN OF COLOR OR IT MAY BE
SENIOR CATEGORY.
TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
>> THE RATES ARE GOING ALL
ACROSS THE BOARD UNFORTUNATELY.
WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN IS WE NEED
MORE TESTING IN THE AREAS WHERE
FUNDING PEOPLE GETTING THE
DISEASE INTO TREATMENT.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE BLACK MEN AND
LATINO MEN AND BLACK WOMEN AND
LATINA WOMEN AT THE FOREFRONT
OF THIS DISEASE ALSO TRANS
BLACK WOMEN AS WELL.
AND THE REASONS FOR THE HIGH
TRANSMISSIONS OF THESE GROUPS
ARE MANY.
WE COULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME
TALKING ABOUT THAT BUT THE
POINT WE WANT TO GET ACROSS TO
FOLKS IS THAT YOU NEED TO GET
TESTED.
ONCE YOU GET TESTED TO BECOME
AWARE OF YOUR HEALTH AND YOU
BECOME MORE AWARE OF YOUR
HEALTH STATUS AND WHAT YOU ARE
ABLE TO USE WITH ALL THESE
DIFFERENT RESOURCES AND OPTIONS
AVAILABLE TO YOU.
>> I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE
NERVOUS TO GET TESTED BUT YOU
GUYS MAKE IT VERY QUICK AND
PAINLESS.
>> ACTUALLY.
15 OR MINUTE LAST TEST
DEFENDANT RESULTS RIGHT THEN.
THE THING I LOVE ABOUT
ORGANIZATION IS IF YOU DO TEST
POSITIVE FOR ANYTHING WE DO NOT
JUST LEAVE YOU.
RECONNECT TO IMMEDIATELY SEE
THE CASE MANAGER TO HELP
LITIGATE THE ISSUES YOU MIGHT
HAVE WITH THE DISEASE SO IF
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN HOMELESSNESS
OR FOOD SCARCITY ETC. THE
ADDRESS THAT IMMEDIATELY SO
THAT YOU CAN STAY AND CARE INTO
TREATMENT.
>> TO BEFORE WE GO, FOR THOSE
WHO KNOW SOMEONE MAY NEED HOPE
AND HEALTH OF YOUR LOOKING FOR
YOURSELF HOW CAN WE GET IN
TOUCH?
>> GIVE US A CALL 407-645-2277
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