County to Get AIDS Grant of $2.6 Million
Los Angeles County will receive $2.6 million in federal funds over the next three years to improve health care for patients with AIDS and related illnesses, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday.
In total, $15.3 million in federal funds were awarded to Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Miami, the four metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients.
The funds, allocated according to the percentage of AIDS cases in the four areas, are designed to improve the coordination of patient services. In Los Angeles, attention will be focused on black and Latino AIDS patients.
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