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The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania School
District has received a $40,000 grant to hire a nurse to screen and treat
district students for STDs.
On September 17, the school board
voted unanimously to approve a contract for a nurse/health educator. The new
staff person will be located in the high school and will provide education,
screening, treatment, and follow-up for district students with gonorrhea and
chlamydia.
Superintendent Sybil Knight-Burney
stated that the rising number with STDs in Dauphin County rather than the
district as a whole, prompted the hiring of a nurse. The superintendent said
the grant was provided by the Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania, a
nonprofit organization offering health care services in 28 counties for women’s
health care, tobacco prevention and cessation, cancer screening and education,
HIV/AIDS support services, and family planning.
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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