Today is National HIV Testing Day

Jun 29th, 2009 12:27 PM UTC
By Chris Scott

As you may know, today is National HIV Testing Day in the United States. To commemorate the day, and to encourage all Americans to get tested for HIV/AIDS, the Obama administration compiled this footage of then-Senator Obama being tested during a visit to Kenya back in 2006.

President Obama actually spoke with some New Hampshire ONE members about his visit to Kenya when he was running for president. Check out our account here .

To find a testing site near you visit http://www.hivtest.org.

-Chris Scott

TAGS: Barack Obama, HIV/AIDS, Kenya

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