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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Director of San Jose AIDS Agency Resigns
March 20, 2003 After eight months in the position, Barbara Galvan,
executive director of the troubled AIDS service agency ARIS, will
leave her position at the end of March. The decision was
described by board of directors president Tom Robinson as
"mutual," but Robinson also noted the community's "non-support"
of Galvan. Galvan was unavailable for comment. Earlier this
month, the financially strapped San Jose, Calif., agency gave
back $1.1 million in contracts for AIDS housing, treatment and
food services to Santa Clara County health officials. Last week,
ARIS closed its home for six seriously ill AIDS patients. On
Monday, the ARIS board voted to greatly downsize the nearly 20-year-old agency and its services: It will now exist largely as a
volunteer organization. ARIS' well-publicized travails have been
blamed both on its recent leadership and the slowing economy.
Excerpted from:Back to other CDC news for March 20, 2003 San Jose Mercury News 03.20.03 This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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