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HIV TESTING, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION

Take control of your sexual health by learning your status, getting into treatment, and preventing HIV from the start.

At the Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale Health Centers, we offer comprehensive, confidential STD testing and treatment services, including HIV testing and prevention. These services are available by appointment, and our team of specially trained healthcare providers are here to evaluate, test, and provide treatment for common sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis.

Our clinics are equipped with lab testing, on-site medication dispensing, STD patient education, preventive treatments such as PrEP, and partner notification and treatment services to ensure health and well-being. Our staff also work with patients testing positive for HIV, linking them to local clinical resources for treatment.

At our clinics we offer free condoms, as well as counseling and education at 470-353-9044.

Our STD and HIV Prevention staff also work actively in the community to bring prevention resources, education, testing, and linkage to treatment into the community. Visit GNR’s HIV prevention team website at https://surgegnr.com/.

A sexually transmitted infection (STI) is a bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic infection spread through bodily fluids or infected skin via sexual contact.

Learn all the health department is doing to stop the spread of HIV in Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale at SURGE GNR. https://surgegnr.com/

Pre-exposure vaccination is one of the most effective methods for preventing sexually transmitted illnesses or diseases. Immunizations we offer include Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B.

STD Counseling can help patients with treatment, understanding their contraceptive choices, and protecting their sexual partners. Depending on the type of infection, treatment for sexually transmitted infections or diseases may consist of antibiotics or antiviral drugs. 

Partner notification is a private process in which the health department contacts sexual partners who may have been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Your information remains confidential, and the person who provided your name will stay anonymous. 

Congenital syphilis, also known as CS, is a disease that occurs when a mother with syphilis passes the infection on to her baby during pregnancy. Prevention tools include testing and safe sex practices, such as condom use, during pregnancy. In the case you or your baby contract syphilis, seek treatment right away, as the disease can be treated and cured with antibiotics.
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Community Health Assessment / Community Health Improvement Plans

Community Health Assessments (CHA) and Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIP) have been created for the three counties we serve.

The community-wide health assessment, which examines the county’s health status, is intended to help shape the collaborative efforts to improve the health of residents.

The community health improvement plan describes how the Health Department and a variety of community partners will work together to improve the health of the population through various projects and programs.

Access each county’s CHA and CHIP below:

Gwinnett County

Newton County

Rockdale County

To request previous versions of the CHA and CHIP, contact us.

What’s an epidemiologist?​

Epidemiologists are public health workers who investigate patterns and causes of disease and injury. They seek to reduce the risk and occurrence of negative health outcomes through research, community education and health policy.

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Benefits

Full-time employees are eligible for an extensive and highly-competitive network of benefits.

Benefits package includes:

  • 13 paid holidays per year

  • Three weeks of Annual (Vacation) Leave per year

  • Three weeks of Sick Leave per year

  • Retirement plan through the State of Georgia Employee’s Retirement System which provides for a defined monthly pension upon retirement

  • 401(k) retirement savings plan to supplement pension plan, which includes an agency contribution based on the employee’s contribution amount

  • Life Insurance
    Payroll deductible health insurance and flexible benefits options including Dental, Vision, Long-term Care, Spouse Life, Dependent Life, AD&D, as well as Short-term and Long-term Disability

  • Medical and Childcare Spending Accounts available

  • Employees are eligible to become members of the Atlanta Postal Credit Union and/or the Georgia’s Own Credit Union.