Upstate SHAPE Initiative
The Upstate Sexual Health Awareness, (STI) Prevention, and Education Initiative, or SHAPE, was formed in 2017 in response to rising STD rates across Greenville County and the Upstate region of South Carolina. The coalition originally focused its efforts on Greenville County but has since expanded its reach to all eleven counties of the Upstate Public Health Region. SHAPE members represent several agencies throughout the counties who serve a wide range of individuals at risk for acquiring STDs.
Upstate SHAPE regularly hosts speakers, discusses the latest STD rates in the region, and provides information and resources to the community. If you would like to be involved with SHAPE please contact Zoie Miller, Community Engagement Specialist, at millerzc@dhec.sc.gov to be added to the mailing list.
Upstate SHAPE Member Agencies and Local STI/HIV Testing Opportunities
AID Upstate
To schedule a STI/HIV testing appointment, please call: (864) 232-2310
https://www.aidupstate.org/
Challenges Inc.
For information on bus location and testing options: https://challengesinc.org/locations-1
New Horizon Family Health Services, Inc.
Rapid HIV Testing
975 W. Farris Road
Greenville, SC 29605
(864) 729-8330
https://www.newhorizonfhs.org/
Phoenix Center
Rapid HIV & Hepatitis C Testing
1400 Cleveland Street
Greenville, SC 29607
(864) 467-3504
http://www.phoenixcenter.org/
Piedmont Care, Inc.
Rapid HIV testing- appointments are strongly encouraged, walk-ins welcome based on staff availability
101 North Pine Street, Suite 200
Spartanburg, SC 29302
(864) 582-7773
https://www.piedmontcare.org/
HIV Self-Test Option: https://www.piedmontcare.org/prevention/testing
Unity Health on Main
505 North Main Street, Suite C
Greenville, SC 29601
(864) 232-2734
https://unityhealthonmain.org/
AfterBirth, LLC.
107 Court Square
Abbeville, SC 29620
(864) 385-1485
https://afterbirthhelp.com/
Upstate SHAPE’s Mission, Vision, and Goals
Our Mission
Our mission is to improve sexual health outcomes, decrease stigma, and ensure access to quality education, treatment, care, and prevention to communities in the Upstate Public Health Region.
Our Vision
Our vision is a community of empowered people living healthy sexual lifestyles free of stigma and disease, with access to care and education.
Our Goals
- Reduce the incidence of HIV in Greenville, Spartanburg, and Anderson Counties.
- Reduce the incidence of primary & secondary syphilis in Greenville, Spartanburg, and Anderson Counties.
- Reduce the incidence of chlamydia in Greenville, Spartanburg, and Anderson Counties.
- Reduce the incidence of gonorrhea in Greenville, Spartanburg, and Anderson Counties.
STD Rates in Greenville, SC
For additional data and reports visit: https://www.scdhec.gov/hiv-aids-std-data-reports
