STD Testing Billboard Hits Homerun During All-Star Week
July 13 2024 - 1:09PM
Business Wire
AHF’s latest outdoor ad urges MLB All-Star Game
attendees to get tested as sexually transmitted disease rates soar
in Texas and nationwide
Major League Baseball All-Star Game attendees will catch a bold
reminder to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) as
they travel to Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX on Tuesday. AIDS
Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest HIV/AIDS
healthcare organization, has posted a billboard that reads “Be an
All-Star” with the URL freeSTDcheck.org underneath over a
background image of an outline map of Texas, parts of the state
seal, and a profile of a swinging batter.
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In its latest high-profile prevention
billboard posting, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s
largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, has posted a billboard on
a highway in Texas near where the All-Star Game will be played
Tuesday (7/16) that reads “Be an All-Star." The image has the URL
freeSTDcheck.org underneath it over a background image of an
outline map of Texas, parts of the state seal, and a profile of a
swinging batter. (Graphic: Business Wire)
STD rates have been skyrocketing in Texas and across the country
over the past several years. According to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), “… more than 2.5 million cases of
syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia were reported in the United
States” in 2022.
AHF’s “Be an All-Star” billboard is located off I-30 in Dallas,
east of Highway 360 and is facing eastbound traffic so many fans
will see it on their way to the game (Google maps: link). The ad
went up earlier this week and will remain up at least through the
end of July.
From 2020 to 2022, syphilis cases in Texas increased 22% from
21,476 to 25,991, according to numbers from statewide data
available from Texas STD Surveillance Reports, double the number of
cases in Texas just five years ago.
“We want everyone to go to bat for their own sexual health. That
means wearing condoms, practicing safer sex, and getting tested
regularly,” said Michael Weinstein, AHF president and
cofounder. “We offer free, nonjudgmental STD testing, so making it
easy for people to find their nearest location is a win-win.”
In addition to HIV/AIDS testing and treatment, AHF provides free
STD testing and treatment at 41 Wellness Centers in 14 states
nationwide, plus Washington, DC, including three in Texas.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest
HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, provides cutting-edge medicine
and advocacy to more than 2 million individuals across 47
countries, including the U.S. and in Africa, Latin
America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region, and Eastern Europe. To
learn more about AHF, visit us online at AIDShealth.org, find us on
Facebook, follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok, and
subscribe to our AHFter Hours podcast.
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Ged Kenslea, AHF Sr. Comms Dir. (323) 791-5526
Ged.Kenslea@ahf.org