Latino Commission on Aids Urges HRSA to Fix Puerto Rico Aids Crisis

“Today the Latino Commission on AIDS and over 200 AIDS clients, service providers and advocates sent a letter to Dr. Deborah Parham, Associate Administrator for HIV/AIDS at the Health Resources and Services Administration HRSA, requesting that HRSA resolve the fiscal crisis plaguing the HIV/AIDS service delivery system in Puerto Rico. HIV/AIDS services in Puerto Rico are funded by the Federal Ryan White CARE Act, which is overseen by HRSA.

Currently, many providers have stopped providing services or severely limited those services since many have not received reimbursement for services provided over 6 months ago. “The HIV/AIDS community in Puerto Rico is operating in crisis mode,” stated Dennis deLeon, President of the Latino Commission on AIDS. “We need HRSA intervene and fix the system in a timely manner. The situation is spiraling out of control. People are dying and something must be done now.”"

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