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Appleseed in the News |
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AIDS: Wasted Lives & Money |
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District of Columbia
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By SuperUser Account on
3/28/2006
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What happened to half a billion public dollars? And where is city hall? According to the D.C. Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, which monitors the city's progress in addressing the epidemic, the city AIDS unit responsible for tracking the spread of HIV and AIDS has a staff vacancy rate of greater than 50 percent. D.C. Appleseed also reported this month that the District's annual rate of new AIDS cases is nearly 12 times the national average. That's after spending nearly half a billion dollars.
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Washington, D.C., Officials Focusing More Attention On HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Progress Uneven, Report Card Says |
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District of Columbia
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By SuperUser Account on
3/27/2006
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Washington, D.C., officials have amplified their attention to the district's HIV/AIDS epidemic but progress on promised reforms has been mixed, with poor performances on condom distribution and substance-use treatment, according to a report card released on Thursday by the DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, the Washington Post reports (Levine [1], Washington Post, 3/23). The center in August 2005 released a report saying that the city's response to the epidemic has been inadequate and poorly coordinated. The report says that city officials were not systematically collecting and analyzing data about the epidemic and were not properly coordinating and supervising organizations that provide services for people living with HIV/AIDS. (Includes a summary of the report card)
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Once at Front Line of AIDS War, District Is Now Fighting Blind |
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District of Columbia
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By SuperUser Account on
3/26/2006
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A report card issued Thursday as a six-month update to the independent study by the D.C. Appleseed Center earned AHPP a rare round of applause from local AIDS advocates: a B-minus for making AIDS a top priority in the District, a B for providing rapid HIV testing at city-run facilities. But the situation was so bad before the center issued its report, say AIDS workers, that the only place to go was up.
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Area already faces an epidemic in HIV/AIDS |
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By SuperUser Account on
3/24/2006
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Why worry about the advent of avian flu when HIV/AIDS is endangering thousands right here, right now, in our families, our offices, our schools and our communities? You would think with 1 in 20 District residents being infected with HIV, the District's HIV/AIDS epidemic would warrant an all-out attack. However, no real sense of urgency exists to eradicate the deadly disease that continues to consume thousands of heterosexual and homosexual men, women and children. Credit D.C. Appleseed -- a public-interest group working with lawyers from Hogan and Hartson who donated more than 4,000 hours toward a comprehensive research project on HIV/AIDS in the District -- for continuing to sound alarm bells that some finally are beginning to hear, but obviously still not enough.
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Wire fee hits wall of criticism |
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Georgia
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By SuperUser Account on
3/22/2006
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A Georgia House plan to tack a fee onto wire transfers sent home by illegal immigrants is under attack from several quarters and may fail to get Senate approval. A public interest law group called Georgia Appleseed said only the federal government has the authority to regulate commerce with foreign nations.
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State plans to cut Medicaid eligibility for wealthy |
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South Carolina
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By SuperUser Account on
3/20/2006
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Low-income families would be required to report their assets, in addition to their income, to qualify for Medicaid under a state proposal aimed at preventing the wealthy from abusing the system. The Department of Health and Human Services says a loophole is allowing some people who could afford their own health insurance to receive benefits from Medicaid, the state-federal insurance program for the poor and elderly. Since Medicaid eligibility in South Carolina is based on family income, a person could have tens of thousands of dollars in the bank and still qualify for publicly funded health care.
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That'll Anacostia |
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District of Columbia
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By SuperUser Account on
3/15/2006
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In the southeast corner of Washington, D.C., the capital of the most powerful nation in history, lies a polluted, neglected neighborhood known as Anacostia. Slated for a grand renewal project centered on the local river that gives it its name, the area stands at the juncture of poverty and opportunity. If plans move forward, it will one day be a showcase of urban design, with revitalized neighborhoods, verdant parks, rolling pedestrian and bicycle paths, and an occasional eagle soaring overhead -- in other words, a paradise. Today, Anacostia is more of a nightmare.
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