World AIDS Day was marked at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in the Morris Park section of The Bronx on Dec. 1 and at North Central Bronx Hospital in Norwood.

Jacobi Medical Center officials said the hospital recognized the day by celebrating life and how far the world has come in expanding testing, education, prevention, and treatment for those who have been affected by HIV and AIDS-related illnesses.

Jacobi officials said Dr. Carol Harris was honored by Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson for what they said was her decades of work at Jacobi’s HIV clinic.

Patients of Harris recited testimonies of gratitude for her and for the care they received from the clinic after testing positive for HIV.

Gibson was joined by Jacobi COO Jordana Bailey and Jacobi associate medical director of HIV s

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