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Women living with HIV and advocates urge Council to replace federal prevention cuts
Summary
Founders and leaders of the Women's Collective told the Committee on Health that CDC and federal prevention funding cuts have eliminated local prevention grants and that the group seeks reinstatement or local funding to continue PrEP outreach and other prevention services.
The Women's Collective and allied advocates told the Committee on Health that recent federal reductions to HIV prevention funding have removed critical local prevention grants and put at-risk women at greater risk.
Patricia Knowles, founder of the Women's Collective, recounted the group's history of serving women during the HIV epidemic and said…
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