Guam caregivers partake of HIV workshop

The Guahan Project is helping to educate local caregivers through a basic HIV instruction workshop. Executive director Alex Silverio says the workshop addresses shame and stigma issues and cultural barriers, as well as testing information and statistics. "The numbers are going up very sharply," he said. "We have an official 185 people who have tested positive for HIV since 1985. However, that doesn't take into account numbers of people who tested out of Guam and we estimate that to be much higher than 185."

Anonymous, confidential and free HIV testing is available at both the Department of Public Health or the Guahan Project. read more