Health equity advocates discuss HIV prevention in Latinx community

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Health equity advocates discuss HIV prevention in Latinx community

Jessica Estévez, co-founder of Estrategia Group, and Galo Cruz, a medical case manager at EPIC, sat down with The Weekly Challenger to discuss HIV awareness and prevention in the Pinellas Latinx community. J.A. JONES, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – Most recent Pinellas County health data shows that Latinx (Hispanic) communities in Pinellas County consistently had higher […]

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