A Guide to Fiscal Year 1991 Federal Funding for HIV Disease: How Dollars are Spent How to Access Them

Transmission:
Sexual............................................. 119,000
Intravenous drug abusers............................. 23,000
Blood recipient/donor studies.......................... 20,000
Perinatal infection................................... 1,382,000
Other/Miscellaneous................................. 183,000
Natural history and cofactors........................... 2,222,000
Information and Education/Prevention Services:
High-risk or infected persons:
Health education/risk education........................ 7,000
Special minority initiatives............................. 127,000
Prevention capacity enhancement........................ 2,000
TOTAL.............................................$ 47,496,000
The NCRR AIDS/HIV Coordinator is:
Dr. Judith Vaitukaitis
NCRR
Building 12A, Room 4011
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
301/496-6023 (a.m.)
301/496-6596 (p.m.)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) conducts and supports AIDS/HIV research on
issues such as transfusion safety, blood diseases, and pulmonary and cardiac complications of HIV disease.
NHLBI FY '91 HIV Funding
1. Basic Science Research................................................. $ 21,480,000
Biomedical Research
HIV and HIV genome................................ $ 1,848,000
Immunology........................................ 6,998,000
Blood/Blood products.................................. 8,347,000
Animal models and related studies....................... 506,000
Behavioral Research
Prevei~tion of high-risk behaviors........................ 208,000
Therapeutic Agents
Development......................................... 976,000
Clinical trials........................................ 1,054,000
Vaccines
Development........................................ 1,543,000
2. Risk Assessment and Prevention........................................ $ 21,911,000
Population-Based Research: Natural History, Transmission,
Risk Factors:
Transmission:
Sexual............................................ $ 5,195,000
Hemophilia population............................... 3,167,000
Blood recipient/donor studies.......................... 8,101,000
Perinatal infection................................... 5,008,000
Information and Educational Preventive Services:
Health-Care Workers and Providers:
Education and training centers........................ 440,000

TOTAL...............................................43,391,000

~1991 ASAP

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