This is HIV AIDS Awareness Week and the local Play it Safer Network is using this week to raise awareness about testing.  The Committee’s Carrie Pockett explains HIV is a preventable virus and it stands for Human Immuno Deficiency virus and it weakens you body’s built in defense system against diseases and viruses so they just want to let people know that if they test positive for having HIV you can have a long healthy life even if you are HIV positive and you can’t tell by looking at somebody so if you have not been tested for HIV ever it might be a good idea to get an HIV test done.

Pockett says they have a radio quiz on CFAR and this year are using social media and a Bigfoot sign by Walmart to provide information on where you can be tested.  If you need information you can call the Committee at 204-687-8856 or the Primary Health Care Centre at 204-687-1350.