Dec. 1 World AIDS Day is an annual event held on Dec. 1. Hakan Bjorkman has worked with the United Nations Development Program for 13 years and is currently serving as the senior advisor for a special initiative on AIDS for the Bureau of Economic Development. Bjorkman has also been the co-author of the Human Development Report for the last five years. It is your responsibility to know your HIV and STI status for your own health and for your partners'. Most STIs are curable or treatable if they are detected early.
Most tests are quick.
Most sites have either anonymous or confidential testing. The results take about two weeks to receive. Views expressed here are not necessarily those of the college community or sanctioned by Macalester College. The Mac Weekly is an uncensored, student newspaper.