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HHS awards $2.2 billion for HIV care and medications in 2015

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $2.2 billion in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grants over the course of the 2015 fiscal year, according to a press release.

“Over the last quarter century, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program has played a critical role in the United States’ public health response to HIV,” Sylvia M. Burwell, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), said in the release. “These grants will make a difference for the most vulnerable Americans who lack adequate health care coverage or financial resources to pay for treatment.”

Sylvia M. Burwell

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), within the HHS, oversees the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which provides essential health care and support services for people living with HIV in the U.S., according to the release. Research has shown that health care facilities that receive funding from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program were more likely to provide case management, mental health, substance abuse and other support services to patients with HIV, and patients with Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program assistance have a greater likelihood of receiving an ART prescription and achieving viral suppression compared with other types of insurance.

“Over the last 25 years, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program has made great strides moving clients along the HIV care continuum, an approach that helps communities plan for and provide a full range of emergency and long-term services for people living with HIV,” James Macrae, acting administrator of the HRSA, said in the release. “In 2013, 81 percent of program clients were retained in care and more than 78 percent of those who were in care are virally suppressed. This improves clinical and public health outcomes by preserving health, extending life expectancy, and reducing HIV transmission.”

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