District 2’s health departments will offer free, rapid HIV testing on Dec. 2 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
District 2, or the north district, covers Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stepehens, Towns, Union, and White counties.
No appointments are necessary, with walk-ins welcome at these locations:
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Banks County: 667 Thompson St., Homer, Georgia
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Dawson County: 54 Highway 53 East, Dawsonville, Georgia
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Forsyth County: 428 Canton Highway, Cumming, Georgia
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Franklin County: 6955 Highway 145 South, Carnesville, Georgia
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Habersham County: 185 Scoggins Dr., Demorest, Georgia
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Hall County: 1290 Athens St., Gainesville, Georgia
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Hart County: 64 Reynolds St., Hartwell, Georgia
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Lumpkin County: 60 Mechanicsville Rd., Dahlonega, Georgia
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Rabun County: 184 South Main St., Clayton, Georgia
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Stephens County: 64 Blvd., Suite 102, Toccoa, Georgia
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Towns County: 1104 Jack Dayton Circle, Young Harris, Georgia
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Union County: 67 Chase Dr., Blairsville, Georgia
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White County: 1331 Helen Highway Cleveland, Georgia
The free testing is in observation of World AIDS Day, which is observed on Dec. 1 annually.
District two said in a press release that HIV usually does not have immediate concerning symptoms, so most people never realize they are infected. They add that 1 in 8 people with HIV do not know they have it.
That’s why they are offering free testing at those 13 locations on Dec. 2.
There will be an additional testing day on Dec. 6 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in partnership with Ninth District Opportunity and Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) at the intersection of Dorsey Street and Pearl Nix Parkway for rapid testing.
For more information, you can visit the District 2 Public Health’s website here.
