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Louisiana's only dental school has
received a five-year, $1.8 million grant to teach students how to care for HIV
and AIDS patients, and to provide such care in New Orleans and Alexandria.
The federal Health Resources and
Services Administration said Thursday it's providing the money to a
community-based dental partnership at the LSU Health Sciences Center New
Orleans.
Spokeswoman Leslie Capo says the
program under Dr. Robert Barsley teaches dental and dental hygiene students how
to care for HIV-positive patients, provides dental services to such patients,
and monitors their care.
The students work at both the LSU
HIV Outpatient Clinic in New Orleans and the Community HealthWorx Clinic in
Alexandria. Barsley says the clinics have given 8,000 treatments to more than
1,100 patients.
It's the program's third grant since
2002.
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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