Background
Many of The Night Ministry Outreach & Health Ministry staff are trained to do Rapid HIV Testing, education, and prevention. We have a full-time Rapid HIV Testing team who perform Rapid HIV, STD and Hepatitis C testing at our program locations and at a variety of other appropriate locations.

Fiscal Year 2007 data

HIV Testing
Staff tested 961 individuals for HIV using the OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV 1/2 Antibody Test, well exceeding our goal. Of those 961, 11 people (1%) tested preliminary positive and were strongly encouraged to receive confirmatory tests. Eight (8) of the 11 (73%) received confirmatory tests. 

STDs Testing
Staff tested 59 individuals for clamydia and gonorrhea. Of those, six tested positive (10%) and each one was treated. 

Hepatitis C
Staff tested 132 individuals for Hepatitis C. Of those, 18 tested positive (14%) and were referred for treatment at clinics around the City of Chicago. An additional five (5) tests came back indeterminant, meaning that antibodies were detected but not definitively determined to be Hepatitis C.

Research:
HIV/AIDS
Harm Reduction