The decision to double MAPP funding means that almost all new Ryan White funding coming to the Philadelphia area will be allocated to MAPP services. It may also mean the re-allocation of funding for some existing programs to meet the plan's targets. The planning group is in the process of developing a detailed plan for the allocation of the funding, which takes effect March 1st. Davids said that these are probably going to be volunteer positions, although the group may be able to find some stipends for the summer. Interns must be dependable and capable of independent work.
Hours are flexible, and some work can be done off-site.
It is one of the few in the nation comprised of low-income people of color, and provides a wide spectrum of practical support services. Topics include staying healthy when you are HIV positive through assertive use of health care, pharmaceutical and complementary therapies, prevention and early treatment of infections, nutrition, clinical trials, stress reduction and peer support. Back to Top CNN airs program on protease inhibitors On Sunday, December 22, CNN will broadcast an hour-long documentary on protease inhibitors, which are being hailed as the most promising treatment breakthrough for AIDS since the epidemic began. The CNN program will look at the development of these new anti-HIV drugs and how they have worked, and not worked. Advocates have raised concerns that as HMO rates in the private sector increase, the Medicaid components of the plan will become even less profitable, and service cuts or withdrawal from Medicaid may be the only options available to the HMOs.