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Community education group gets 100K for monkeypox health care.

Community education group gets 100K for monkeypox health care.

Its Community Education Group (CEG) received a grant of $50,000 from Gilead Sciences and a $50,000 grant from ViiV Healthcare to meet the Monkeypox health needs of bisexual, gay transgender, transgender and non-binary individuals from 13 states in rural Appalachia. The grant will enable CEG to expand the capacity for rural Appalachian community-based groups to deal with this health emergency. CEG will develop and disseminate educational materials, provide several grants from its Appalachian Partnership Fund, and hold stakeholder meetings to decrease stereotypes, cultural prejudices, and barriers to healthcare influenced by heteronormative worldviews. CEG plans to offer healthcare services in the…
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