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Save the Date: Free Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing Available to UW Students

The University of Wyoming Student Health Service is offering free sexually transmitted disease (chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV) testing for UW students Thursday, Sept. 28, from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Wyoming Union Center Ballroom. Free pizza will be available to students.

Student Health Service, in partnership with the Wyoming Department of Health, Albany County Public Health, Wyoming Public Health and the Wellness Ambassadors, is sponsoring the event.

According to health data, one in 17 individuals in Wyoming between the ages of 15-24 has chlamydia. And more than half of those infected with chlamydia, and many more infected with gonorrhea and those with HIV infections (until AIDS develops) may not have any symptoms, says Joanne Steane, UW Student Health Service director.

At the free testing event, students will collect their own specimens in the bathroom. Males will collect a urine specimen in a cup and should not urinate one hour before testing; women will collect a vaginal sample. Students who want to be tested for HIV will have a fingerstick blood sample obtained. No physical exam is involved, Steane says.

“The Wyoming Union is not a confidential setting. If this is a concern, students should consider making an appointment for private testing at the Student Health Service,” she adds.

To make an appointment, call 766-2130. Students can obtain a voucher from www.knowyo.org for free chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV testing during a scheduled appointment.

“If you have symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection, you will not obtain treatment at this event,” Steane says. “Please consider making an appointment for testing at the Student Health Service, where you can receive testing, an examination -- if appropriate -- and treatment in one visit. Students also can obtain a voucher for free testing.”

For more information, call Student Health Service at 766-2130.

 

 

Contact Us

Institutional Communications
Bureau of Mines Building, Room 137
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-2929
Email: cbaldwin@uwyo.edu


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