CDC cuts Ohio from HIV monitoring program

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week that Ohio is one of eight states (plus Puerto Rico) that will no longer receive federal money for an advanced HIV monitoring system (Source: “8 States Cut From System That Tracks Rate of H.I.V. ,” New York Times, Aug. 23, 2008).

According to CDC officials, the remaining 25 states using the system had the most reliable results and therefore could help the centers determine the most accurate estimate of new HIV cases. The CDC will take the money previously used by the states that were dropped and reallocate it to the remaining states in the program.

Besides Ohio, the other jurisdictions that lost financing were Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Puerto Rico.