MCAVN provides:

• Anonymous Hepatitis C (HCV) Testing and Counseling
• Anonymous HIV Testing and Counseling
• Harm Reduction Approach

Knowledge is power.  The only way a person can know if she or he is HIV positive or HCV positive is by taking a test.  Before the test is given, staff provides information about the test and risk behaviors.  A brief risk assessment is conducted and a small amount of demographic information is collected.

MCAVN now provides a variety of testing options for persons with high risk behaviors: men who have sex with men, injecting drug users and sexual and needle sharing partners of these risk behaviors. The HIV rapid testing is an oral test with results in about 20 minutes.  The other HIV oral test goes to the lab and returns in about two weeks.  The HCV test is a finger poke with a drop of blood.  Results are returned in about 2 weeks. 

To learn more about your HIV or HCV status, contact MCAVN inland at (707) 462-1932.  The coast office can be reached at (707) 962-0350 or by email bradw@mcavn.org or marcosp@mcavn.org.

Mendocino County AIDS Volunteer Network (MCAVN)
148 Clara Avenue, Ukiah, CA  95482
phone: (707) 462-1932, fax: (707) 462-2070, email: mcavn@mcavn.org