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1994.05.09 : AIDS Education & Training Centers Program Agreements

CONTACT:  PHS/HRSA
Monday, May 9, 1994                          Patricia Campbell (HRSA)
                                             (301) 443-3376


     HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today announced the award of
$15.8 million in noncompetitive continuation cooperative agreements
to the national AIDS Education and Training Centers Program, a
network of 17 regional centers serving the 50 states, the Virgin
Islands and Puerto Rico. 

     Established in 1987, the goal of the centers is to increase the
number of health care providers who are trained to counsel,
diagnose, treat and manage people living with HIV and AIDS and to
assist in preventing the high-risk behaviors that lead to HIV
infection.

     Located in medical schools, university health centers and
schools of public health, centers train health professions faculty
and students as well as current practitioners. The centers are
located in cities and surburban areas with high numbers of AIDS
patients.  In the current project period, 10 percent of program
funds have been used to support two rural training centers.

     Secretary Shalala said, "During its seven-year history, this
program has trained more than 400,000 health providers to care for
both the clinical and personal needs of those living with HIV/AIDS
and their families. The training that these centers provide to
primary care professionals and students is invaluable in the fight
against AIDS."

     The AETC Program also serves as a resource center that provides
current, accurate information about HIV resources, drug trials and
referrals.  A key service is the dissemination of new HIV-related
clinical information through the National HIV Telephone Consultation
Service and the Clinical Conference Call Series, both aimed at
primary care clinicians who treat AIDS patients.

     The AETC Program has also made a significant impact in training
minority providers and providers who serve minorities.  According to
Philip R. Lee, M.D., assistant secretary for health and director of
the Public Health Service, "The AIDS epidemic is now spreading
rapidly among minority populations, and the AETC Program is
currently educating providers to help those who have traditionally
had problems in accessing health care."

     The Health Resources and Services Administration, a Public
Health Service agency within HHS, administers the AETC Program.

     A list of the 17 centers and funding for FY 1994 follows.


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AETC                          School                   Award     

Florida AETC             University of Miami          $   941,568
Pennsylvania AETC        University of Pittsburgh         805,305
Emory AIDS Training 
 Network                 Emory University                 834,767
Mid-West AETC            University of Illinois         1,045,502
Mid-Atlantic AETC        Virginia Commonwealth
                          University                      783,360
AETC for Southern        University of Southern
 California               California                    1,444,762
New England AETC         University of Massachusetts
                          Medical Center                  913,726
Mountain Plains AETC     University of Colorado
                          Health Science Center           759,521
Puerto Rico AETC         University of Puerto Rico        543,454
Northwest AETC           University of Washington         555,465
AETC for Texas and       The University of Texas
  Oklahoma                Health Science Center           822,375
New Jersey AETC          University of Medicine
                          and Dentistry of New Jersey     785,201
D.C. AETC                Howard University                528,000
Delta AETC               Louisiana State University
                          Medical Center                  495,266
New York/Virgin
 Islands AETC            Columbia University            2,106,928
East Central AETC        The Ohio State University
                          Research Fund                   642,323
Western AETC             Regents, University
                          of California, San Francisco  1,852,577

TOTAL                                                 $15,860,100


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