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Media Looks At County-Level HIV, AIDS Map Data
Major population centers such as those in New York and California have the highest numbers of HIV cases, however, many of the areas that have the highest rates of people with HIV are in the South, according to data from an online mapping tool launched by the National Minority Quality Forum yesterday, the AP/Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The map, which is the first tool of its kind to look at HIV and AIDS cases on a county level, is based on 2006 data collected from states and cross-checked with CDC data. According to the mapping tool, of the 48 counties with the highest HIV prevalence rates, 25 are in Georgia. In addition, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia have the highest prevalence rates for HIV cases that have progressed to AIDS (Stobbe, AP/Minneapolis Star Tribune, 6/22). In Virginia, Richmond, Petersburg and Norfolk were among the nation"s urban areas hardest hit by HIV/AIDS (Smith, Richmond Times-Dispatch, 6/23). Three metro counties in Kansas City, Mo., have HIV and AIDS rates that are higher than about 80 percent of counties nationwide, according to the data, NBC Action News reports (Ptacek, NBC Action News, 6/22).
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Possible Government Rethink On NHS Private Finance Initiative Welcomed By UNITE, UK

A possible government rethink into the "flawed and expensive" private financing of NHS hospitals has been welcomed by Unite, the largest union in the country. Unite, which is campaigning strongly against the privatisation of the NHS, was commenting on an interview by health minister, Lord Darzi in which he said the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) "needs to be looked at." Lord Darzi told BMA News: "That model of funding may have been the right model but I have no doubt that the Department (of Health) will be appraising whether that it is still the model for the future or whether there are other, better models." "Quality is a moving target and PFIs have been very successful and might be in the future but it needs to be looked at." Unite National Officer for Health, Karen Reay said: "At long last, the government is beginning to realise that PFI is a flawed and expensive exercise that continues to consume billions of pounds in costly contracts for the enormous profit of private companies. This is money that could be better spent on frontline services for patients and clients." "Lord Darzi comments are to be welcomed - there is a chink of light at the end of the tunnel. However, when he talks about "better models for the future", we hope he means that the PFI experiment is abandoned, and not that the whole sorry process should be accelerated. We shall be seeking clarification from government on this point." Karen Reay welcomed the results of a BMA News survey which revealed that more than 90% of doctors were worried about the future of their local health services if they were left to market forces. She said: "This shows that right across the health service from GPs to health visitors to ambulance staff there is a broad coalition of health professionals opposed to the creeping tide of marketisation of the NHS." The Patchwork Privatisation of Our Health Service - a special report can be downloaded from http://www.unitetheunion.com/health and then clicking on Unite Health Sector web page: http://www.unitetheunion.com/health. Unite The Union


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