Health
San Ysidro Health
Mobile Testing Unit
A MOBILE UNIT
THAT SAVES LIVES
SAN YSIDRO HEALTH IS COMMITTED TO CARING FOR PEOPLE
AND COMMUNITIES OFTEN OVERLOOKED OR MARGINALIZED. ONE
SUCH COMMUNITY IS SAN DIEGO’S VIBRANT LGBTQ COMMUNITY
AND THE HEALTH ISSUES AFFECTING IT.
HIV/AIDS is one such health issue. While treatment and
medications have improved, the incidence is still high among
young men of color. San Ysidro Health has developed
a nationally recognized HIV Department, with staff and
programs recently awarded the 2018 Unidos U.S. LGBTQ
Champion Award.
One of the programs that has proven most effective for
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prevention and early detection of HIV /Hepatitis C is a
Mobile Testing Unit that San Ysidro Health sends out into
communities—reaching people where they live and work in
order to make HIV/Hep C testing and prevention accessible.
The reason for this is people of color and those in lower socio-
economic areas of the community often do not have access to a
clinic or doctor’s office for testing and prevention.