Bristol-Myers and AIDS Fund to Award Grants for Care Access

The National AIDS Fund and Bristol-Myers Squibb are awarding grants to more than 35 community-based organizations to improve access to care for people with HIV. Among the grantees are nine New York City groups - including Project Samaritan, Promesa, and St. Mary's Episcopal Center - that together will receive $3.7 million. The funding is provided by BMS under its year-old "Positive Change" initiative, which seeks to facilitate treatment, care, and support for people with HIV/AIDS. "With thousands of people in our country living with HIV not linked to care, we, as business and philanthropic leaders, have an obligation to help remove the barriers they face so they can access the HIV-specific care they need," said Kandy Ferree, NAF's CEO.

The Friends of AIDS Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.


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