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Baby Formula Delivery
We deliver free baby formula of up to three options: Enfamil, Organic Kendamil, and Parent’s Choice gentle infant formula. We are proud to service caregivers and households within greater Waterbury and Hartford County. The inquiries received remain anonymous and service accessible.
For more information regarding selection of our baby formula options, please select a formula option to read on its ingredient breakdown:
If you are interested in scheduling delivery of one of our baby formula options, please select the delivery request button to submit an inquiry. Delivery requests are received via a google form administered by the organization. Deliveries are scheduled based on the availability of our staff. Deliveries are made on weekdays after 4pm or weekend mornings after 10am.
Our services are made accessible thanks to our grantors and community partners. If you have any additional questions, please contact us at shelby@coloredhemisphere.org.
At Home HIV Testing Kit Delivery
We deliver free At-Home HIV testing kits to residents within greater Waterbury and Hartford County. The inquiries received remain anonymous and service accessible. With delivery of kits to include educational brochures to inform residents of next steps, safe communal spaces and resources to access.
We deliver Ora Quick Aids test which is used in health clinics, doctors’ offices, and hospitals. Oraquick At Home Rapid HIV Self-Test kit requires the user to supply one single use of saliva. The oral -swab base test doesn’t require blood. The one single use saliva test provides 99.9% accuracy in people not infected with HIV and 91.7% accurate in people not infected with HIV. For more information regarding its application please click here.
Testing on a regular basis is important to help stop the spread of HIV and Aids. The inquiries received remain anonymous and service accessible.
If you are interested in scheduling delivery of an at home HIV Testing Kit, please select the delivery request button to submit an inquiry. Delivery requests are received via a google form administered by the organization. Deliveries are scheduled based on the availability of our staff. Deliveries are made on weekdays after 4pm or weekend mornings after 10am.
Our services are made accessible thanks to our grantors and community partners. If you have any additional questions, please contact us at shelby@coloredhemisphere.org.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Fever
- Chills
- Rash
- Night sweats
- Muscle aches
- Sore throat
- Fatigue
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Mouth ulcers
- In 2020, Black women represented 10% of all new HIV diagnoses in the United States, while representing 7% of the total population.
- In 2021, Black women represented about 60% of new diagnoses among women in the United States.
- Largest number of new HIV infections occurred among people aged 25 – 34.
- In 2022, people aged 13 to 24 accounted for 20% of new HIV infections.
- In 2022, among males, 83% of HIV infections were attributed to male-to-male sexual contact.
- In 2022, among women, 83% of HIV infections were attributed to heterosexual contact.
- In 2020, Hispanic/Latino people accounted for 32% of new HIV infections.
- In 2022, Black American people accounted for 38% of new HIV infections.
- Condoms
- PrEP (Pre- Exposure Prophylaxis) A medication routinely taken before potential exposure to HIV to reduce someone’s chances of acquiring it. It is 99% effective at preventing HIV through sex, when taken as prescribed.
- PEP (Post -Exposure Prophylaxis) An emergency treatment started after potential exposure to HIV, most effective within 72 hours.
- Never sharing needles.