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Astrid Fiano, DOTmed News Writer | February 05, 2010
--Over $3 billion for CDC and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to enhance HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment.
--$20 million for a CDC initiative to reduce the rates of morbidity and disability due to chronic disease in up to ten of the largest U.S. cities.
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--$10 million at CDC for a new Health Prevention Corps to recruit, train, and assign public health professionals in State and local health departments.
Public Health Threats
--$476 million for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)to target resources for the best countermeasures to public health threats.
Seniors
--$50 million for caregiver services and $50 million for transportation, homemaker assistance, adult day care, and personal care assistance for elderly individuals and their families.
Research and Development
--$32.2 billion for the National Institutes of Health to use in basic and clinical research, including biomedical research.
President Obama's budget has a total of $911 billion for HHS in Fiscal Year 2011. The Budget in Brief may be found at: http://www.hhs.gov/asrt/ob/docbudget/2011budgetinbrief.pdf
Adapted in part from a HHS press release.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/02/20100201a.html
See also DOTmed's report on FDA's budget proposal at DM11560.
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