June 21, 2010

Obama Gives HIV Prevention $30M for FY 2010

The Obama administration has allocated about $30 million for HIV prevention in federal fiscal year 2010, according to a statement by The AIDS Institute. The funding comes from the new Prevention and Public Health Fund, which was created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. the health care reform law). Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius announced that $250 million in total would be allocated from the new fund in federal fiscal year 2010 for overall disease prevention.

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