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Local AIDS Research Grant Targets Border Area

Local AIDS Research Grant Targets Border Area

The University of California’s systemwide AIDS research program has given the Center for Latino HIV/AIDS research at SDSU a three-year, $425,000 grant to study the presence of HIV/AIDS among Latinos at the California-Mexico border.

“AIDS is an emerging threat to Latino populations along the California-Mexico border,” said Dr. George Lemp, director of UC’s systemwide AIDS research program. “Migrant populations are particularly vulnerable to infectious disease transmission, and current conditions are ripe for HIV transmission among migrants in and along the border zone.”

The program, Entre Fronteras, aims to improve the participation rate of Latinos in research projects so that policymakers and health care professionals can find ways to curb the spread of HIV among the border population, UC officials said in a Dec. 2 statement.

The program, set to begin in January, will be used as a model to gain federal support for future studies with similar goals along the U.S.-Mexican border, the UC director said.

The state Legislature and Gov. Gray Davis earmarked the money in the UC budget to support AIDS research initiatives affecting thousands of Californians.

Thus far, more than 1,600 research grants have been awarded to more than 50 California institutions totaling $156 million.

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