2008 Florida AIDS Walk Photo Album: click here!
In April 2008, thousands of caring and thoughtful individuals from across the state gathered in Fort Lauderdale for the Florida AIDS Walk and demonstrated their commitment to reversing the course of the AIDS epidemic in Florida. One hundred percent of the funds raised went to HIV/AIDS program initiatives in Florida, including testing, a mobile clinic, and the Magic Johnson Healthcare Clinic, newly opened in Miami.
In 2009, the Florida AIDS Walk will recruit participants statewide to raise awareness that nearly 125,000 Floridians are living with HIV/AIDS. Proceeds will benefit AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Broward Human Rights Initiative, and Pet Project.
Funds raised by Florida AIDS Walk will support the expansion of free HIV testing and prevention education in Florida’s Broward and Miami Dade counties, as well as healthcare for HIV-positive individuals throughout the state.
Florida AIDS Walk is produced by Event 360 for AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to HIV/AIDS prevention, education, accessible healthcare, research and patient advocacy. In Florida, AHF currently serves more than 10,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. AHF’s Out of the Closet Thrift Store, located in Wilton Manors, offers free HIV testing and treatment referral through an AHF Pharmacy built adjacent to the store.
About AIDS Healthcare Foundation
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the largest AIDS organization in the United States. AHF has provided care for more than 100,000 people, and administers more than 12,000 HIV tests annually. AHF also conducts medical research to investigate potential new treatments and cures, provides HIV prevention education, and operates free treatment clinics in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Serving the HIV/AIDS Community in Florida
In Florida, AIDS Healthcare Foundation serves more than 10,000 people living with HIV/AIDS through a variety of programs, including a statewide disease management program, testing and prevention programs, its Jacksonville and Miami Magic Johnson Healthcare Centers, AHF North Point Medical, AHF Pharmacies and AHF’s managed care program.
Positive Healthcare Disease Management takes a comprehensive approach to the management of HIV disease, providing physician consultations and intensive care management focused on adherence to treatment regimens. Each patient is assigned a registered nurse as his or her personal Care Manager. The program also emphasizes education by disseminating clinical practice guidelines to both patients and providers.
Positive Healthcare Managed Care operates in Dade and Broward counties and is the nation’s first managed care program for HIV-positive people.
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A Legacy of Life
From its first days as a hospice, to now helping thousands around the world through life saving anti-retroviral therapy, AHF is leaving a legacy of life. AIDS Healthcare Foundation pledges to fight this disease no matter whom it afflicts, or where it is found. Only when HIV is eradicated from the globe will we fully meet our goal. For more information, please visit http://www.aidshealth.org/.