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tance funding that everyone ultimately pays for,” said Dr. Carlo, chief executive officer of AIDS Arms.
He adds that he believes ending AIDS is a winnable battle. “But I make an important distinction of ending AIDS versus preventing HIV. AIDS is 100-percent preventable through effective anti-HIV medications, so there is almost no reason why someone living in Texas today should receive an AIDS diagnosis. It is only because someone is not tested until late in the disease course or the infected person does not stay engaged in care that AIDS happens,” Dr. Carlo said.
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Texas is a large state with a number of public health priorities, including the Texas Department of State Health Ser- vices (DSHS) Expanded Primary Health Care Program, birth outcomes, mental health, and substance use disorders. The Texas Legislature appropriated $100 million to enhance women’s health services in the DSHS Expanded Primary Health Care Program for 2014–15. The program contracts with community health clinics and nonprofit organiza- tions to provide services for uninsured, poor Texans who don’t qualify for other state health programs. DSHS estimates $60 million of the $100 million will fund family planning services. Additional funds in the Expanded
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Primary Health Care Program will allow DSHS to serve approximately 170,000 adult women annually by offering well- woman checks, cancer screenings, and family planning. For more information, visit www.dshs
.state.tx.us/ephc/Expanded-Primary- Health-Care.
DSHS Commissioner David Lakey, MD, says one of the department’s major priorities is reducing prematurity and decreasing the number of babies who die during their first year of life. The department’s Healthy Texas Ba- bies initiative (
www.dshs.state.tx.us/
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