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11/10/2009

Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS Announces agency tour for media on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 10, 2009

Contact: Carol Poore, President and CEO, Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS, 602-451-6769

Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS is hosting a media tour at its research, wellness and prevention center on World AIDS Day, Tuesday, December 1, 2009. The media tour will begin at 10 a.m. at the lobby on the second floor of Southwest Center, 1144 E. McDowell Road, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ, 85007.

Media participants will meet more than 30 of the Center's top researchers, educators, and those in mental health, medical and support fields who enable Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS to reach more than 30,000 individuals annually who are at-risk or impacted by the HIV/AIDS in Arizona. Reservations for Southwest Center's Dec. 1 media tour can be made by leaving a message at 602-307-5330, Ext. 2213.

Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS is Arizona's oldest and largest nonprofit AIDS service organization providing a combination of prevention, research and wellness support to serve 70 percent of Arizona's nearly 13,000 residents infected with HIV/AIDS who live in Maricopa County. Southwest Center's mission is to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS by preventing the disease, by improving the quality of life for those who are impacted, and by contributing to worldwide research. The Center's clinical trial program has helped to bring 27 of the available 30 HIV/AIDS drugs to market. Since 1988, Southwest Center has been on the front lines addressing a steady increase in the demand for HIV/AIDS testing and counseling, prevention education, wellness support services, and clinical trials to help Arizona men, women and teens impacted by the disease.

World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1st. The World Health Organization established World AIDS Day in 1988, 21 years ago. World AIDS Day provides governments, national AIDS programs, faith organizations, community organizations, and individuals with an opportunity to raise awareness and focus attention on the global AIDS epidemic.

Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS also will be participating in two candlelight services at 7 p.m. in Phoenix; at the Church of the Beatitude on 7th Avenue and Glendale, and at Grace Lutheran Church at 1124 N. 3rd Street.

Note to media regarding RSVP for the hosted media tour at Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS:

-- Tour begins at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. -- Meet at Southwest Center's main lobby, second floor at 1144 E. McDowell Road, Suite 200. Building is located at the northwest corner of 12th Street and McDowell. Parking lot access is on 12th Street. -- Reservations for the media tour can be made by leaving a message at 602-307-5330, Ext. 2213.

Potential topics of interest that experts at Southwest Center can address:

-- Rising number of youth testing positive for HIV/AIDS. -- Rising number of people over the age of 55 who are testing positive for HIV/AIDS. -- Research trends in HIV/AIDS and Southwest Center's role in clinical trials. -- HIV/AIDS as a chronic, long-term disease requiring lifelong support services. -- Acupuncture, nutrition and other methods of helping those who are HIV-positive stay on medications and life well and strong.

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