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Blog - Amplify your voice

by:  ekimx425
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 8:11:00 AM EDT

Since the development of new drugs to treat patients with HIV/AIDS, HIV has transformed from a death-sentence to a chronic condition, explained Mary McCarty in the Dayton Daily News. Now patients who have had access to these life-saving drugs could be forced back decades to a time when HIV meant death. The Ohio HIV-AIDS Drug Assistance Program (OHDAP) of the Ryan White program has been helping Ohioans to receive their life-saving drugs for several years. Until recent cuts ended drug provisions for Ohioans above a certain income level. And those who are eligible are forced onto a currently 232 person long waiting list to get back into the program and receive their necessary medications. This could be a matter of life or death for many Ohioans. Read more here.

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so glad this is a priority for the Ohio Advocates! 
# Posted By AFY_Abby | 10/6/10 02:53 PM | Reply