 What's up, fam? So on Friday, I went to AHF Worldwide and I really just wanted to Introduce you guys to my new partnership with AIDS Healthcare Foundation Little did I know the offices were Only for their PR and marketing. I didn't realize that that's That's all that they really focus on there and that they have a main headquarters somewhere else So I'll feature that for you guys in another time but for now I decided to give you guys a quick little tour As soon as I got there, we had our social media meeting and we talked about Video ideas for me and then other projects that they're gonna be working on with Instagram and other social media platforms And then I did a cool interview with this gentleman by the name of Jed and he's been with AHF for over 25 years and He was able to kind of break down Who they are what they do and the services that they provide so that hopefully you guys can understand better Who and what AHF is and what services they provide and how they could be a benefit to you guys With that said here is my day as it went What you're talking about like you're a natural body the natural body Yeah, I was all like I'm not gonna get into that But I want to watch that stuff and then if you have a choice on that I'll watch that too But I have to admit it's the the workout bodybuilding part. That's what you're talking about HIV So we are in the media space where a lot of Filming happens this is where like we can set up little shoots for videos and whatnot Maybe sketches cool things like that. There's a little wardrobe over here Yeah, pretty cool space Excited to use this Yeah, guys here. I'm Rafe Dorasi, and I'm here with Jed. He's the senior communications director Hey guys, it is me. Yep And so I just wanted to ask Jed some questions for those of you who are aware of AHF AIDS Healthcare Foundation Who they are what they do where they are any questions like that. So Yeah, let's start with the basic what is the organization and what services What are the primary services that you provide? Well AIDS Healthcare Foundation today is the largest global AIDS organization We are primarily or we began life as a hospice provider But we are now a full-service medical care provider But we provide a full range of Prevention testing and treatment services both here in the US and 42 other countries around the world So someone could potentially come to a facility get tested for HIV Become realize that they're positive. Mm-hmm, and then from there can they basically go through all the steps of Getting in touch with a doctor and getting a medicate. Well, actually, we even do that what we have is linkage programs So if you go to a Mobile testing van if you go to one of our out of the closet thrift stores where we test all of our testing is free Should you test HIV positive? The testing counselor will immediately in that exchange Connect you via telephone with what we call a linkage counselor in our Operation it would be the linkage coordinator would help guide the individual who just tested positive To one of our health care centers So they could do both follow-up testing to ensure that the actual positive diagnosis is correct and then assess the patient or the person and then Get them on a path for medical care get them on to either a treatment regimen or work with them to determine when they need To get onto a treatment regimen and you mentioned out of the closet Can you tell me out of the closet has become an important venue for us? Not all of our out of the closets, but a majority of our out of the closet thrift stores also offer free as HIV testing and some also both free HIV as well as STD testing what we found actually in the earlier days of the out of the closet testing was it actually provided a safe cover for a lot of women and immigrants or Minority women Latina women who under the cover of shopping could go in and with their girlfriends with their Sisters whoever and avail themselves of the free testing service as well So it you don't have the stigma of having to go to a medical clinic, etc So you it provided cover for people who had ambivalence about approaching the testing process and then so internationally Do the facilities? Do they provide the same services or it was a little different? They largely provide the same services and the services both here in the US as well as around the world are free services the medical Care access to the drug treatments as well as the testing and prevention services. We we give up free condoms We provide the testing free and the medical treatment and the drug therapies as well. Yeah, that's great Mm-hmm. Are there are you expanding into other countries or constantly? Sure where right now including the US We're in 43 countries. We have a List of about the last I saw it was about another 10 or 11 I believe we're trying to hit 60 countries by the end of 2019 that may be a high bar. It may not actually be quite 60 that we want to hit by the end of this year But we are you know, there still is there are 34 to 35 million people in the world who are HIV positive or living with AIDS and Only about 17 to 18. We believe only about 17 to 18 million of those people are in treatment at this point So there's still much to be done. Are there any New services or innovative ideas that you guys are currently coming up with or are going to be launching soon Well, you know, it's interesting the Trump administration in the state of the Union address to a month and a half ago or so announced an ambitious undertaking to try and Eradicate or halt new HIV infections in the US by the year 2030 and we you know put out a Statement applauding that effort and saying that we would be willing to partner a lot of the places that they're going to be Targeting are already places where AIDS Healthcare Foundation operates here in the US. I mean the the epidemic has segued from urban areas I mean gay men are still the Largest population of people who are becoming infected, but the disease has really transitioned to one of people of color and in rural and poorer areas so throughout the south so and we already are operating in most if not all of the areas where The Trump administration is looking to target with really stepped up prevention efforts. I think that's it for today Okay, I appreciate you taking the time to sit with me. Oh, no, it's a pleasure. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thanks Yeah, thank you. Would you be willing in the future? Possibly if I get the questions from viewers on yeah, no absolutely I'm so I should have asked you before because I wasn't certain if I was supposed to be looking at the camera Oh, no, it's fine. Okay. No worries. Yeah. Yeah, okay. Awesome. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Thank you This is an important room the kitchen where the food is I hear there's food coming soon So maybe I'll stick around for that last year in January. We have zero point Do y'all know who that is that is the bachelor the virgin bachelor. I haven't seen it. So I don't know but Avery clearly has a thing for the back Okay, so apparently it is what is it fun fun Friday here at age? And there's puppies Oh You guys so that was a Look at a hf worldwide the PR and marketing office I hope you guys got some Good information out of that interview that I had with Jed We'll definitely be exploring that further with him and if you guys have questions Please let me know in the comments below and then I'll do a follow-up interview with him at some point so we can get those questions answered and I'm definitely planning on showcasing some of their other offices and facilities so that you guys get a better idea of What kind of services they provide and basically just what's going on behind the scenes All right, so I was gonna do my outro, but I just realized I'm going to get my haircut and so why not? Ambush my barber at ace of aides and introduce you guys to him because I go here every single week to get my fade And so here he is he's got his mouth open because he's like what the fuck is we're doing right now Logging I just came from All you have a car this is in the shop So I'm like lugging everything around. No, it happens to you. It sucks. And now it's like totaled Well, how did you what happened? Would that be you got an accent or what? So So dumb there was a parked car on the street and I was taking a right and I saw a guy like on a scooter behind me And I was freaking out because I thought he was gonna try to like slide by me on the right And I didn't want to hit him while I was trying right so I was focusing on him turning and then I I just like scraped this car that was sitting there all on my back door and The cost to fix my car is more than what it's worth So in terms of like it's basically total I can either drive around with the damage or just get money for it So you're just gonna total it out there. I guess yeah, you'll see. I don't know having me on my job But except for all this stuff right here, but at least my face is going out of dope as I don't know That's a good sign if my barber's hair is like Yeah, let's see them curls the luscious locks Sexy man Yeah, much better. They're right. Well, Jason mama Yes Daniel Ward has he's tattooed last night. Yo I got you I got it Give me my haircut What you know you're a person three right? What are you kidding? That's what you made it for you find Somebody had to I like this in this right now, huh? Let me invest You can leave this up here and you go walk around hours and blog while you're doing I am hungry You can leave this stuff over here for my station. Is there a place? Yeah, nobody will touch it by my station Demo to me for that. Yeah, so it was fantastic They're all nice to all the women. They're like, oh, yeah, a lot of water a lot of weed ladies Oh No, it's so annoyed. Okay, so fail on that. My point was that three not two I'm gonna go get lunch. I decided to eat healthy. I'm getting some pita pita chicken breast Yeah, kill some time until three and then get my hair did this is one of the things I love about just walking down Melrose is that there's so many little little unique shops and And places to eat and stuff like you would never ever hear of they're like independently owned This place is pretty awesome. Check this out. I mean, you can't even see all the stuff that's underneath There's hummus. There's like veggies in there. This is like a load. This is the most loaded Pita I've ever seen so I'm stoked to get it on this But we are done Got my haircut so please Like this video if you liked it Subscribe if you're new here and like the content. I'm gonna have so much more content I move for you. I'm super excited about it and Leave a comment down below. Let me know what you think