Florida AIDS Walk: About

About Florida AIDS Walk

2009 Florida AIDS Walk Photo Album: click here!

In April 2009, thousands of caring and thoughtful individuals from across the state gathered in Fort Lauderdale for the Florida AIDS Walk and demonstrated their commitment to reversing the course of the AIDS epidemic in Florida. One hundred percent of the funds raised went to HIV/AIDS program initiatives in Florida, including testing, a new mobile clinic for the South Florida region, and the Magic Johnson Healthcare Clinic.

In 2010, the Florida AIDS Walk will recruit participants statewide to raise awareness that nearly 125,000 Floridians are living with HIV/AIDS. Proceeds will benefit AIDS Healthcare Foundation, TBD. The beneficiaries for this week include the following, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Broward House, SunServe, Children’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center, and the Pride Center at Equality Park.

Funds raised by Florida AIDS Walk will support the expansion of free HIV testing and prevention education in Florida’s Broward and Miami Dade counties, as well as healthcare for HIV-positive individuals throughout the state.

Florida AIDS Walk is produced by Event 360 for AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to HIV/AIDS prevention, education, accessible healthcare, research and patient advocacy. In Florida, AHF currently serves more than 15,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. AHF’s Out of the Closet Thrift Stores, offers free HIV testing and treatment referral through an AHF Pharmacy built adjacent to the store.

About AIDS Healthcare Foundation

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the world’s largest AIDS organization. AHF has provided care for more than 100,000 people, and administers more than 100,000 HIV tests annually. AHF also conducts medical research to investigate potential new treatments and cures, provides HIV prevention education, and operates free treatment clinics in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Serving the HIV/AIDS Community in Florida
In Florida, AIDS Healthcare Foundation serves more than 15,000 people living with HIV/AIDS through a variety of programs, including: AHF NorthPoint in Fort Lauderdale, the AHF Magic Johnson Healthcare Centers in Miami and Jacksonville, Wellness Centers in Fort Lauderdale and Miami, HIV testing and prevention programs throughout the State, AHF Pharmacy, Out of the Closet Thrift Stores, two mobile medical clinics, Positive Healthcare managed care programs, and a statewide disease management program.

Positive Healthcare Disease Management takes a comprehensive approach to the management of HIV disease, providing physician consultations and intensive care management focused on adherence to treatment regimens. Each patient is assigned a registered nurse as his or her personal Care Manager. The program also emphasizes education by disseminating clinical practice guidelines to both patients and providers.

Positive Healthcare Managed Care operates in Dade and Broward counties and is the nation’s first managed care program for HIV-positive people.

AHF’s Out of the Closet Thrift Stores in offers free HIV testing and treatment referral through an AHF Pharmacy built adjacent to the store. AHF’s nonprofit pharmacies employ only HIV specialists; all profits received are reinvested in AHF’s local and global programs.

A Legacy of Life

From its first days as a hospice, to now helping thousands around the world through life saving anti-retroviral therapy, AHF is leaving a legacy of life. AIDS Healthcare Foundation pledges to fight this disease no matter whom it afflicts, or where it is found. Only when HIV is eradicated from the globe will we fully meet our goal. For more information, please visit http://www.aidshealth.org/.