National HIV Testing Day: Where to get tested in D.C.

Wednesday is National HIV Testing Day, and dozens of sites around the District are offering free opportunities to get checked.

Local churches, health care facilities and some pharmacies are conducting the tests free of charge in an effort to spread awareness and increase diagnoses of HIV and AIDS.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a million Americans have the disease — but as many as 20 percent don’t know they’re infected. Officials say this is because people can live symptom-free for years.

The full list of free testing sites in D.C. can be found here. The Walgreens pharmacy in Foggy Bottom is also offering free testing.

Free HIV Testing Sites in D.C.:

Deaf Reach (by appointment only): 3521 12th Street NE, (202) 832-6681

Helping Individual Prostitutes to Survive:1309 Rhode Island Ave. NE #2B, (202) 232-8150

New Samaritan Baptist Church: 1100 Florida Ave. NE, (202) 397-1870

Planned Parenthood: 3987 A Minnesota Ave. NE, (202) 388-4770

Sasha Bruce: 701 Maryland Ave. NE, (202) 675-9370

Unity Health Care: 1201 Brentwood Road, (202) 832-8818

Women’s Collective: 1331 Rhode Island Ave. NE, (202) 483-7003

Andromeda: 1400 Decatur Street NW, (202) 291-4707

Carl Vogel Center: 1012 14th Street NW, (202) 638-0750

La Clinica del Pueblo: 2831 15th Street NW, (202) 462-4788

Planned Parenthood: 1108 16th Street NW, (202) 347-8512

Us Helping Us: 3636 Georgia Ave. NW, (202) 446-1100

Whitman-Walker Clinic:1701 14th Street NW, (202) 939-7690

Howard University Hospital: 2041 Georgia Ave. NW, (202) 865-4853 or (202) 865-4825

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Blair Underwood Healthcare Center: 2141 K Street NW, (202) 293-8680

Anacostia Neighborhood Health: 1328 W Street SE, (202) 610-7160

Department of Health Southeast STD Clinic: 1900 Massachusetts Avenue, Building #8, (202) 698-4050

Family and Medical Counseling Center: 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Suite 8, (202) 889-7900

Max Robinson Center: 2301 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, (202) 678-8877

Metro Teen AIDS: 651 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, (202) 543-9355

The HOYA Clinic: 1900 Massachusetts Avenue SE, (202) 468-4816

Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League: 410 7th Street SE, 202) 546-5940

Unity Health Care Southwest Clinic: 850 Delaware Avenue SW, (202) 548-4520