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For International Condom Day, Feb.13th, AHF Says, ‘Wrap Your App!”
HIV/STD prevention, safer sex and condom usage will be the focus of 31 events held in 13 states across the US, with focus on youth and mobile dating apps.
‘Wrap Your App’ campaign features smartphone-themed graphic promoting safety.
Los Angeles (February 10, 2016) - AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization operating in 35 countries, again celebrates International Condom Day (ICD)—a February 13th holiday observed in conjunction with Valentine's Day—by promoting prevention of STDs, HIV and unwanted pregnancies through free condom distribution and safer sex awareness events and activities. AHF will activate over 160 events worldwide , including 31 in the US. This year's International Condom Day theme in the U.S. is “Wrap Your App!” The campaign promoting safety and HIV, STD and pregnancy prevention is a nod to tech savvy individuals built around a smartphone-themed graphic showing a menu of apps. The ‘Wrap Your App' campaign follows on the heels of the powerful AHF dating app billboard campaign that prompted Tinder to create a Health Safety Section page on its mobile app listing and linking to HIV and STD testing service locations.
“With dating apps revolutionizing the way people –-especially youth— are dating and hooking up, it is essential we be prepared for the repercussions this will have on STD and HIV rates among the next generation. We must engage teens and young adults now about the importance of protecting themselves with condoms, regardless of where or how they meet their partners,” said Albert Ruiz, Director of Wellness Programs for AHF.
Domestically, AHF will host events across 13 states: California; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Louisiana; Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia; Washington; and the District of Columbia. These events are aimed specifically at youth, who account for 1 in 4 new HIV infections.
Events range from on-campus condom rallies and HIV testing drives (including a head-to-head testing competition between rival HBCUs Benedict College and South Carolina State University), to a “Love Thyself Women's Workshop” at the South Side Help Center in Chicago, to a community health fair at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA.
“We're also excited to unveil our 2016 International Condom Day song, “Wrap Up Your Love,” a parody of Justin Bieber's latest hit “What Do You Mean?” We hope that ‘Wrap Up Your Love,' which rides on Justin's considerable coattails, transcends borders to bring renewed attention to the importance of safer sex and condom usage in a lighthearted manner,” added AHF President Michael Weinstein .
Internationally, AHF partners will deploy similarly-themed awareness and prevention International Condom Day campaigns under the slogan, ‘Wrap Your Love.”
For a list of AHF's global and domestic and ICD events, visit http://www.wrapyourapp.org
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About AHF
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider in the USA. AHF currently provides medical care and/or services to over 495,000 individuals in 36 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @AIDSHealthcare .
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