Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Shelby County will receive $2,252,803 for its Ryan White HIV Emergency Relief Program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
“Shelby County’s Ryan White HIV Program has a long history of success in extending and saving lives. This significant investment is money well spent.”
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program provides a comprehensive system of care that includes primary medical care and essential support services for people living with HIV who are uninsured or underinsured. The Program works with cities, states, and local community-based organizations to provide HIV care and treatment services to more than half a million people each year. The Program reaches approximately 52 percent of all people diagnosed with HIV in the United States.
The grant program is named for Ryan White, an Indiana teenager and hemophiliac who contracted AIDS from infected blood. He died in 1990.
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