HIV/STD Education

The City of Columbia is committed to providing public health services that prevent epidemics and the spread of disease, protect against environmental hazards, promote healthy behaviors, prevent injuries and illness, assure the quality and accessibility of health services, monitor the health of the population, provide social services and promote and protect civil rights.

Health Education and Risk Reduction (HERR)

The Columbia/ Boone County Health Department will provide HIV/STD prevention speakers and material support to community organizations, schools, businesses, religious and governmental institutions in North - Central Missouri. These services are provided with funding and support from the Centers for Disease Control and the State of Missouri Section for STD/HIV Prevention and Care Services, with input from the North Central Missouri Community Advisory Group.

Local Awareness Activities:

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Earth Day 2000	Earth Day 2003

Blues Festival in the Park 2003	Earth Day 2004

Clipart image of a red ribbon. To request a speaker, technical assistance with a prevention program, or to request supplies such as brochures, condoms, prevention videos etc., e-mail us or call the HERR specialist Thel Sargent, or Regional Planner Betsy Smith, at 573-874-7355.

County and city health departments may be eligible to receive condoms and some literature as well as HIV phlebotomy supplies from the State Department of Health and should first contact them, at (800) 359 6259.

To learn more about STD's and HIV, please visit our external website directory.