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University of Houston gets $5 million to combat HIV/AIDs epidemic in the South FacebookTwitterEmail University of Houston System Chancellor and UH President Renu KhatorUniversity of Houston The University of Houston has received $5 million to continue its work in combating challenges that contribute to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the South. Biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences donated the money to the Graduate College of Social Work research center as a part of a $100 million collaborative initiative to reduce disparities in care for HIV/AIDS within a decade, according to a university release. Nearly half of all HIV deaths and 51 percent of new diagnoses occur in the South, researchers say. Diagnoses among Black and Latino Americans also remains high, with Black people accounting for 43 percent of new HIV diagnoses despite only making up 13 percent of the country.

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