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San Francisco Chronicle - Wednesday, December 30, 1992
Since Congress has limited the amount of money available, many states are experiencing a serious reduction in resources that can be used to combat the spread of the AIDS virus. Nationally, $129 million in federal funds is for grants to states for AIDS prevention next year, compared with $143.7 million this year and $159 million in 1991.
California, a state particularly hard hit by the disease, has been notified to expect a 12 percent reduction in federal grants, to $6.2 million in 1993 from more than $7 million in 1991.
THE DROP in federal backing will have a significant effect on HIV counseling and testing services for those people known to be at risk, including minority men, women and children and injection-drug users.
President-elect Clinton and his designated surgeon general, Joycelyn Elders, have both expressed a deep commitment to federal funding for research, prevention and treatment of AIDS. The new administration should seek an adequate congressional appropriation to offset the shortsighted decisions of past years.
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