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By Mark Cichocki, R.N., About.com Guide to AIDS / HIV since 1999

$774 Million Allocated for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs

Thursday April 17, 2008
The Health Resources Services Administration's HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA/HAB) has award $1.1 billion to provide primary care for people living with HIV and AIDS. The majority of that money, $774 million has been allocated to AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP) across the 50 states, Guam, DC, the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. This money will provide HIV medications to those people without other means of paying for their. As we all know, the cost of HIV medications is astronomical. This money makes it possible for all HIV positive patients in the US to get the HIV medicines they need to stay healthy. Read the full report to see exactly where all that money is heading.

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