PHEVENTS

Board of Public Health Meeting 
Jun. 12
Public Health Lab
1749 Clairmont Road, Decatur
 
The Challenge of Obesity 
Jun. 13
2 p.m.-5 p.m.
GTRI Conference Center
250 14th St.NW, Atlanta
Georgia Bio is hosting an event featuring William Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity at the U.S. Centers  for Disease Control and Prevention and Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D.,  commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health. Drs. Dietz and Fitzgerald will lead a discussion on the challenge of obesity in the U.S. and Georgia and how government, academia and industry are working to address the problem, particularly with respect to childhood obesity.
Go here for more details and to register.
 
National HIV Testing Day 
Jun. 27
 
5th Annual
Take Charge. Get Tested.  Event
 
Jun. 27
Noon-6 p.m.
Hurt Park, 100 Edgewood Ave. NE, Atlanta
This event is designed to encourage citizens to receive voluntary HIV testing and learn their HIV status.   Join key Georgia legislators for the 5th consecutive year of this community outreach effort.
 
Chatham CARE Center
Free HIV Testing
 
Jun. 27
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Wells Park
38th and Montgomery Streets, Savannah  
Chatham CARE Centerwill offer free HIV testing on June 27 in observance of National HIV Testing Day. Testing will be done without the use of a needle and those tested will get results in 20 minutes. A follow-up visit will be scheduled for anyone who tests positive and counseling will be made available to those individuals.



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