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CONGRESSMAN THOMPSON ANNOUNCES $1,410,727 AWARDED TO THE MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

For Immediate Release
Contact: Sherrina N. Dixon
December 29, 2011
601-866-9003

 

CONGRESSMAN THOMPSON ANNOUNCES $1,410,727 AWARDED TO THE MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

 

BOLTON, MISSISSIPPIToday, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announces that The United States Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $1,410,727 COMPREHENSIVE HIV PREVENTION PROJECT grant to the Mississippi State Department of Health to assist in the state’s efforts towards HIV prevention, surveillance activities, and continued studies of AIDS.  The project period begins January 1, 2012 and culminates December 31, 2016.

For more information call Deborah Sennett at 601-576-7428.

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