Youth Health and Tobacco Initiatives Lead Tia Brown and Chatham County Public Health Department Breast & Cervical Cancer Control Program Navigator Evi Bonilla spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Thursday, February 12. They discussed the launch of free, at home STI testing kits available from the county in a new pilot program, and more.

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