Monday, May 29, 2006
Health Officials Say - California Might Drop Millions with AID’s Grants!
Source: mercurynews.com
California might drop millions of dollars for HIV and AIDS cure programs below a national suggestion to transfer more endowment to rural and Southern states said the local health officials.
Donna Fleming, a disease control manager for Orange County said “We will not even be capable to cover up our essential medical care requirements. That's how overwhelming it is”. She also said that the country's $4.8 million yearly allowance might fall lower than $1 million within five years.
The grant tender, which a Senate health board permitted by a 19-1 vote in advance this month, recognizes protests by lawmakers from rural and Southern states that urban areas have expected an inconsistent amount of the $2 billion in yearly national HIV finances.
The tender, which would restore and improves the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act, will now be considered by the full Senate and House.
Adrienne Rogers’s coordinator of Ryan White programs in that region said “If it exceeds, the Sacramento region could ultimately drop all of its $3 million in yearly straight national funding”.
Craig Vincent-Jones, executive director of the county's Commission on HIV said “Scott Boule, an assistant policy director for the city's Department of Public Health said “San Francisco might drop one-fourth of the $28 million it obtains each year”. Local programs in Los Angeles County likely would drop funds as well, but it’s uncertain how much?”
Source: mercurynews.com
California might drop millions of dollars for HIV and AIDS cure programs below a national suggestion to transfer more endowment to rural and Southern states said the local health officials.
Donna Fleming, a disease control manager for Orange County said “We will not even be capable to cover up our essential medical care requirements. That's how overwhelming it is”. She also said that the country's $4.8 million yearly allowance might fall lower than $1 million within five years.
The grant tender, which a Senate health board permitted by a 19-1 vote in advance this month, recognizes protests by lawmakers from rural and Southern states that urban areas have expected an inconsistent amount of the $2 billion in yearly national HIV finances.
The tender, which would restore and improves the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act, will now be considered by the full Senate and House.
Adrienne Rogers’s coordinator of Ryan White programs in that region said “If it exceeds, the Sacramento region could ultimately drop all of its $3 million in yearly straight national funding”.
Craig Vincent-Jones, executive director of the county's Commission on HIV said “Scott Boule, an assistant policy director for the city's Department of Public Health said “San Francisco might drop one-fourth of the $28 million it obtains each year”. Local programs in Los Angeles County likely would drop funds as well, but it’s uncertain how much?”
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