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Will County health department warns of grant cuts and reports rising STI numbers; schedules testing events
Summary
Elizabeth Balata and public-health staff reported the Well Woman grant will end June 30, a respiratory surveillance award is under injunction, and HIV/STI work shows rising syphilis and chlamydia counts alongside expanded testing and PrEP outreach.
Elizabeth Balata and staff from the Will County Health Department told the committee the department faces near-term revenue reductions and is expanding HIV/STI outreach amid rising case counts.
Balata said the department was notified by the Illinois Department of Public Health that the Well Woman grant will end June 30 and that the respiratory surveillance grant is subject to an injunction but remains active while the injunction continues. She asked committee members to press legislators for public-health funding and said the…
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