(BLACK PR WIRE) -- WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new AHF Healthcare Center located at 1647 Benning Road NE, Washington, DC 20002 on Saturday, June 27th from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Led by internal medicine physician Matty Mathivannan MD, the AHF Healthcare Center – H Street Corridor is AHF’s third medical facility in the DC-Maryland-Virginia metro area that will provide client-centered, specialized medical treatment and care for people living with HIV/AIDS regardless of their ability to pay. Operating hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

WHAT: Grand opening ceremony for AHF Healthcare Center – H Street Corridor

WHEN:
Saturday, June 27th
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Ribbon cutting at 11:00 a.m.

WHO:
Confirmed speakers and attendees include:
• District of Columbia City Councilmember Charles Allen
• AHF Medical Director Dr. Matty Mathivannan
• Us Helping Us People Into Living President & CEO Dr. Ron Simmons

WHERE:
1647 Benning Road NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 350-5000

“Given that the District of Columbia ranks as one of the country’s cities most impacted by HIV/AIDS—and particularly its African-American residents who are the hardest hit by new HIV infections—we want to provide as many convenient opportunities as possible for people living with HIV/AIDS to access the medical care they need and achieve viral suppression,” explains AHF Regional Director John Hassell. “With all the resources and treatment options that are available today, helping people learn their status and retaining them in care is key to stopping the virus from spreading in the region and claiming more lives.”

According to recent statistics from the Kaiser Family Foundation, black men who have sex with other men represent one in four of the 16,000 residents living with HIV in the District of Columbia. The next largest demographic group is black heterosexual women, who represent 16 percent of all city HIV cases.

AHF currently operates 43 Healthcare Centers throughout the United States and the District of Columbia – including the AHF "Blair Underwood" Healthcare Center located at 2141 K St. NW and the AHF Prince George’s County Healthcare Center located at 4302 Saint Barnabas Rd., Suite B in Temple Hills, MD. Each Healthcare Center provides medical programs tailored to the specific needs of asymptomatic and symptomatic HIV/AIDS individuals from qualified medical and support professionals.

For additional information on the event and to RSVP, please contact AHF Regional Director John Hassell at (202) 774-4854.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, currently provides medical care and/or services to over 430,000 individuals in 36 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region and Eastern Europe. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare and Instagram: @aidshealthcare