Health Officials: Athens Has Spiraling HIV Crisis

Published December 1, 2012

Health officials: Athens has spiraling HIV crisis

Filed under: residential drug treatment programs

Athens is seeing an alarming increase in new HIV infections, particularly among intravenous drug users, health officials warned Friday, as Greece struggles through a protracted financial crisis in which funding for health care and drug treatment …
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Shortage of drug–treatment facilities for parents hurts families: advocates

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Executive director Milt Walker said women come from all over the province for the program, which has eight spaces for kids and usually has a two-to three-month waiting list. Community-service agencies say the government needs more programs like …
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SW Ind. county gets M for drug treatment program

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southwestern Indiana county is getting nearly $ 1 million to expand its successful drug treatment court programs. The financial boost from grants and state reimbursements will allow Vanderburgh County to nearly double the size …
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