The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has unveiled “Testing Makes Us Stronger,” a new campaign to increase HIV testing among black men who have sex with men (MSM), Edge Boston reports. It officially launches September 27, which is Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The new campaign is part of a five-year, $45 million HIV/AIDS awareness effort launched by the White House in 2009. “Testing Makes Us Stronger” will include advertisements in print and online publications and on billboards and public transportation and via social media outreach. It also includes informational material to be distributed by health services organizations, public health departments and black LGBT Pride groups.

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