The 14th commemoration of National HIV Testing Day: Get Tested (Video/Transcript:)

Transcript:

Senator Barack Obama (Kenya 2006): One of the reasons we are here today is because HIV and AIDS has ravaged the community. Now too many people have gotten sick; too many children have gotten sick. So one of the things that we’re here in frond of this van to do today is, my wife and I are gonna get tested for HIV/AIDS. Because if you know your status, then you can prevent illness. You can prevent passing it to your children and to your families and we can make everybody have healthier, happier lives.

So I just want everybody to remember that if a U.S. Senator from the United States can get tested and his wife can get tested, then everybody in this crowed can get tested.

(cheering applause)

President Barack Obama (Washington 2009) : HIV/AIDS makes no distinction and knows no borders. The message I gave the people of Kenya three years ago rings just as true for us here in the United States today. Get tested. By knowing your HIV status, you can take control not only of your health, but the health of those around you.

Thanks for watching.

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Taiwan to launch HIV Testing Day on June 27.

As the China Post reported: The Taiwan AIDS Foundation will launch the first National HIV Testing Day on June 27, in order to ensure early detection and control of the disease among high risk people, the foundation said yesterday.
“The earlier the disease is detected, the easier it is to control,” said Frank Shi, chairman of the Taiwan AIDS foundation. Shi added that on average, most of HIV-positive patients are confirmed six years after they become infected because the virus has a long incubation period and early diagnosis is often delayed because of fear of discrimination.