"Dusk to Dawn" will culminate with Know your Status party from 8 PM
until 11:59 in Ward 7.

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President Bush has called for the
reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act, based on the principles of
focusing federal resources on life-extending care; ensuring flexibility to
target resources to address areas of greatest need; and ensuring results.html or HIV/AIDS call
the CDC AIDS Hotline at 1-800-342-AIDS (English), 1-800-344-SIDA (en Espanol),
or
1-800-243-7889 (TTY).

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Educating African American women and their families for over a decade, A.

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This week, I join the President in
our national prevention efforts to promote HIV testing as a routine part of
health care.
Working together, we can increase awareness and stop the spread of this
epidemic.

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Statement by Mike Leavitt Secretary of Health and Human Services Regarding National HIV Testing Day June 27 2005

We encourage those who want to learn more about HIV testing to visit
http://www. The
primary purpose of Dusk to Dawn is to raise awareness and inspire women and
girls to start talking openly about HIV/AIDS and get tested for HIV on March
10, 2006.

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We will also offer free,
rapid, and confidential HIV counseling and testing to our Washington area
employees at the Humphrey Building on June 27-29, 2005.
To date, African American women and girls bare the brunt of HIV/AIDS cases
in the United States .

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Toni Young, Executive Director of Community Education Group, has been at the
national forefront of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Community Education Group is a not-for-profit community based organization
committed to social change focusing on the creation and expansion of programs
and projects addressing the health, social-economic, environmental, and
systemic challenges facing the African American family .

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" Community partners collaborating
with CEG on the "Dusk to Dawn" event include: Shiloh Baptist Church, DC Women
Collective, HIPS, and the Egypt Clinic.
"National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a catalyst for CEG,"
added Young.

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gov/hivaidsobservances/testing/index.

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Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are
available at http://www .
For more information on the first annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS
Awareness Day and the "One of Five" campaign, or to schedule an interview with
Director A.

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As a means of stopping the spread of HIV and getting HIV-
positive people into prevention and care, HHS is working to make HIV testing
and counseling a routine part of medical care.org.omhrc. She continues, "Our goal on March 10th is to conduct our HIV/AIDS
Awareness day from 'Dust to Dawn,' taking our show on the road and reaching
women and girls in their neighborhoods.

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An estimated 40,000 Americans are newly infected with HIV each year, and
at least one-fourth of Americans who are HIV positive, do not know it. New CDC
data indicates that in 2003, between 1,039,000 and 1,185,000 people were
living with HIV.
The President continues his commitment to combating HIV/AIDS
internationally and domestically .

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A
great deal has changed since the first HIV tests were offered.

First National Women + Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Toni Young, please contact Nakisha Celstin at 202-543-9165.

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WASHINGTON , The following is a statement by Mike
Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, regarding National HIV
Testing Day, June 27, 2005:

Today marks the 11th annual observance of National HIV Testing Day (NHTD),
which reminds all Americans that HIV testing is an important step in the
prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.

"Dusk to Dawn," will begin at 12:01 AM March 10, 2006 with a faith-based
push at the New Commandment church where testing and other events will be
held. The "One of Five" campaign will
encourage and inspire women and girls to talk to 5 others about HIV/AIDS." Joining the National
Awareness Day with the "One of Five" campaign is a groundbreaking national
effort to reach African American women and girls on their turf.

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To schedule a
confidential and free HIV test, please call (202) 401-7945.hivtest. WASHINGTON, As the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) prepares to launch the first annual National Women and Girls
HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10th throughout the United States, Community
Education Group (CEG), a DC-based agency , prepares to launch two new
initiatives: "Dusk to Dawn," a community event in collaboration with other
local agencies and "One of Five" a campaign to get women and girls discussing
HIV and other health issues within their social and familial networks. "The key message we want to communicate is that HIV is a women's
issue, specifically an African American woman's issue.

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This is an
important step toward preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and toward getting
HIV-positive individuals into medical care that can improve and prolong their
lives.

For information on NHTD visit
http: //www. African American and Latina/Hispanic
women accounted for 81 percent of new AIDS diagnoses in 2004 among women.

Sites related to the lives of Native American girls and women.

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This year marks the 20th year of offering HIV testing and counseling.hhs.

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With new rapid-
test technology, you can learn your HIV status in 20 minutes. Although recent data shows that voluntary rapid testing efforts are
increasing the number of people who learn of their HIV status, too many
Americans still do not know their status.

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As part of testing day observances, HHS and local health officials will
take part in a variety of events across the country.
"Our goal is to get African Americans talking openly as a family and as a
community about HIV/AIDS and how they can protect themselves and each other,"
said Young. The Women's Collective and the DC
Department of Health are providing HIV mobile testing throughout the district. Between the years 2000 and 2003, HIV/AIDS rates for
African American females were 19 times the rate for White females and 5 times
the rate for Latina/Hispanic females. Of the 42,514 estimated new
diagnoses in 2004, 73 percent were male and 27 percent were female.

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HHS will continue our campaign to make HIV testing more readily available.

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gov/news.
Nationwide , an estimated 944,306 Americans have been diagnosed with AIDS from
the beginning of the epidemic through 2004.

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This event will include music, dancing, HIV mobile
testing and other activities (contact CEG for exact location).