Leaders in public health say they are dealing with a crisis as they search for solutions after losing millions of dollars in federal funding for HIV prevention, testing, and treatment.
Los Angeles County has already lost about $30 million in HIV prevention funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Rob Lester, Senior Director of Public Programs for the Men’s Health Foundation. He also added that his organization lost about $2 million.
“In 30 years, I’ve never seen this,” Lester said. “There are times when we have less progress or progress goes less quickly, but I’ve never seen us take this level of steps backwards.”…