Program Description
Our
goal is to eliminate health disparities with regards to HIV/AIDS
prevention and treatment in racial and ethnic minority populations in
NH.
Know Your Status
The New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition offers
culturally competent HIV prevention services with the goal of
preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS in ethnically diverse members of the
population in the state of New Hampshire.
Facts About HIV/AIDS
- Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is spread to individuals who have
unprotected contact with the blood, semen, anal or vaginal fluids or
breastmilk of an infected individual.
- This is the virus that causes Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
- Currently, there is no cure for AIDS.
- There are medications that can help slow the virus' ability to multiply in the body, but they have side effects.
- You can not tell a person is infected with HIV/AIDS by looking at them.
- It is very important to know your own HIV status.
- GET TESTED, if you have been exposed to someone else's body fluids (blood, semen, anal or vaginal secretions).
About Us and Our History
The New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition (NHMHC) is a nonprofit community-based organization located in downtown Manchester.
The NHMHC began providing HIV/AIDS prevention services in 1995 as part
of a collaborative effort to support outreach activities offered by the
health departments in the cities of Manchester and Nashua.
Our Strategy
To provide cultural and linguistically appropriate expertise during support and delivery of prevention and treatment services.
Jennifer N. Morley, M.Ed.
Program Manager
Wanda Castillo Diaz
Bilingual/Bicultural Peer Educator & Outreach Worker
Office: 25 Lowell Street
Manchester, NH 03101
Telephone: (603) 627-7703 or toll free 1-866-460-9933
Mailing Address: PO Box 3992;
Manchester, NH 03015
This Program is funded by
the State of New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services
Bureau of STD/HIV Prevention Program.
Prevention Partners
State of New Hampshire
Department of Health
& Human Services
Bureau of STD/HIV Prevention
6 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
603-271-4502
/ 1-800-852-3345
City of Manchester
Health Department
795 Elm Street Suite #302
Manchester, NH 03101
603-624-6466
Greater Manchester AIDS Project(GMAP)
77 Pearl Street
Manchester, NH 03101
603-623-0710
Southern New Hampshire AIDS Task Force
111 Lock Street Ste. 101
Nashua, NH 03101
603-595-8464
Nashua Community Health Department
18 Mulberry Street
Nashua, NH 03060
603-589-4500
Minority populations in New Hampshire
- HIV
- AIDS
- HIV Testing
- Prevention & Treatment
