Congressman Cohen Announces $1.2 Million HIV/AIDS Grant to Shelby County

WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Shelby County's Ryan White HIV Emergency Relief Program will receive a $1,288,750 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement

"I am pleased to see this substantial federal investment in the health of some of the most vulnerable our community. This funding for Shelby County's Ryan White program is critical because the Memphis region has one of the highest HIV rates in the country."

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 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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