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CDC Commits to End Racial Disparities in Healthcare

Reuters Health Information Services (www.reutershealth.com) (10/11/00)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced a $19 million award to 24 community health programs, as part of an effort to help end racial and ethnic health disparities. CDC Director Dr. Jeffrey Koplan said the CDC wants to eliminate such health disparities by 2010. The grants are part of the agency's Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH 2010) initiative, which targets HIV/AIDS, infant mortality, breast and cervical cancer, heart disease, immunization coverage, and diabetes. The funds will be distributed to programs in 15 states that assist African American, American Indian, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Pacific Islander populations.
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