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County approves HIV rapid-start samples pilot and a $250,000 overdose-prevention media campaign
Summary
The Commissioners Court approved a public-health plan to use rapid-start antiretroviral medication samples in a clinic pilot and unanimously backed a $250,000 county-funded media campaign aimed at overdose prevention and hotline access, with one commissioner abstaining from the latter due to a disclosed relationship with a vendor.
Dallas County Health and Human Services presented two public-health initiatives Aug. 5 and the court approved both. First, staff described a Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) grant pilot that will enable rapid-start antiretroviral therapy (ART) by initially dispensing one-month samples at the County—s health clinic with a…
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