Whitman-Walker Health
Whitman-Walker Health (WWH), (formerly Whitman-Walker Clinic), is a non-profit community health center in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with a special expertise in HIV/AIDS health care and LGBT health care. Founded as an affirming health center for the gay and lesbian community in 1978, Whitman-Walker was one of the first responders to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in DC and became a leader in HIV/AIDS education, prevention, diagnosis and treatment. In recent years, Whitman-Walker has expanded its services to include primary health care services for the entire community regardless of HIV status, sexual orientation or gender identity.
WWH is named for gay poet Walt Whitman (a former D.C. resident) and Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, a noted Civil War-era physician in the District and women's rights activist.
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