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

Goal 3 programs focus on developing prevention
technologies and promoting scientific knowledge in
public policy and public health practice, including:
assessing the quality of performance of laboratories
that test for HIV infection through a performance
evaluation program; developing and implementing a
laboratory information exchange system (electronic
bulletin board) for rapid communication between
CDC and HIV testing laboratories for identification
and resolution of testing problems, HIV testing information updates, and access to AIDS/HIV-related
information; implementing the evaluation of
retroviral and AIDS-related laboratory testing by
assessing the performance of laboratories that perform T-lymphocyte immunophenotyping (TLI); conducting research to identify barriers to high quality
HIV-antibody testing in the preanalytic and postanalytic steps of the testing process; revising guidelines for HIV counseling and testing in health-care
facilities (in conjunction with CPS and CID); training health-care workers who provide laboratory services that support HIV-prevention activities; and providing training in HIV-1 antibody detection and
Western blot interpretation to ensure test quality.
PHPPO activities related to Goal 4 are focused on
strengthening local, regional, national and international prevention capacities to fight the AIDS/HIV
pandemic, including: collaborating with the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory
Directors in assessing the performance of laboratories that test for HIV infection by providing each
State Director aggregate reports of the results of the
laboratories in their state that are participating in the
CDC performance evaluation program; sponsoring or
co-sponsoring national and regional workshops and
conferences to encourage information exchange and
planning appropriate future strategies; providing
scientific, managerial, and technical assistance to the
WHO, PAHO, other countries, and other international organizations; developing and conducting an
international course in applied epidemiology of
AIDS/HIV (in conjunction with CID, NAIEP, and
CPS); sponsoring or co-sponsoring international
workshops and conferences with multilateral/bilateral
agencies to exchange information and plan appropriate future strategies.
PHPPO FY '91
Extramural HIV Funding
Approximately 53% of the PHPPO FY '91 HIV
budget will be spent extramurally. For more infor
mation on PHPPO HIV programs contact:

Thomas L. Hearn, M.S.
404/639-2137
Office of the Deputy Director/HIV
The Office of the Deputy Director/HIV (ODD/HIV)
for the CDC directs and oversees all activities and
programs related to CDC's four AIDS/HIV-related
operational goals, and serves as a liaison to other
organizations and agencies on related issues, such as
the National Academy of Sciences. In addition to
overseeing AIDS/HIV-related activities conducted by
CDC's various centers and offices, ODD/HIV maintains staff positions in the areas of operations, evaluation, minority HIV policy, science, behavioral
science, and substance abuse and HIV infection. The
ODD/HIV appropriated FY 1991 AIDS/HIV budget
is $5,000,000. None of the ODD/HIV FY '91 HIV
budget will be spent extramurally.
For more information on ODD/HIV programs contact:
Jacob Gayle, Ph.D.
404/639-0906
Dr. Mary Guinan
404/639-0935
Dr. Steve Jones
404/639-0935
Dr. Wanda Jones
404/639-0904
National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) participates in AIDS/HIV related
programs in the following areas. NIOSH FY 1991
appropriated AIDS/HIV funding is $3,098,960.
NIOSH programs relate to three of CDC's four
AIDS/HIV goals.
NIOSH Goal 1-related activities are focused on
epidemiologic and laboratory-based investigations:
conducting studies of behavioral and biologic
transmission factors, including studies of occupational infection control practices and the effectiveness
of personal protective equipment (in conjunction with
CID).
Goal 3-related programs center around prevention
technology development and promoting scientific

knowledge in public policy and public health prac
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