The American Centers for Diseases Control (CDC) awarded $ 117 million to state and local departments of health to help rebuild and expand HIV prevention and treatment initiatives as the US continues to be committed to addressing the disease. Covid pandemic.
As the CDCs explain on their website, the funds are part of the federal program Ending the HIV Epidemic in the US, which funds 57 priority areas to expand HIV prevention strategies according to community needs. This is the second major round of CDC funding as part of the program, it will be used to expand access to the four main strategies (diagnosis, therapy, prevention and response) and reduce disparities. The key structures to reach people at risk of HIV who otherwise would not have access to health services will be strengthened and the innovations achieved thanks to Covid, including telemedicine and do-it-yourself tests, will be used. (HANDLE).