U.S. News University of Alabama-Birmingham Emergency Department to Screen All Patients for HIVJune 13, 2011 The University of Alabama-Birmingham and some 25 other metro-area hospitals hope to reduce the number of new HIV infections by testing all patients treated in their emergency departments. The state Department of Public Health is providing a $1.6 million CDC grant to UAB over the next three years to help support the initiative. Nurses will provide patients testing negative their results during normal discharge. A physician will provide private counseling for patients testing positive, and "our colleagues at the 1917 Clinic, UAB's home for HIV/AIDS care and treatment for 22 years, will link positive cases to long-term treatment and counseling services available at UAB or community-based organizations," Galbraith said. Birmingham News 06.02.2011 ![]() Georgia Department of Community Health and the Black AIDS Institute Bring "Greater Than AIDS" HBCU Testing Tour to Georgia This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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