Grant to fund rural health program
By
Lauren Lettelier on December 16th, 2011 | Last updated: March 28, 2013 at 5:43 pm
The University of Florida received $2.5 million in federal funding to further public health education programs and community health projects for rural Florida residents. UF will partner with Florida A&M University to establish the Rural South Public Health Training Center with a main focus on preventing HIV/AIDS in the rural South. UF Senior Associate Dean of Public Health Mary Peoples-Sheps says they partnered with FAMU to better serve the most underserved rural areas.
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The continuing education programs will begin at the end of January 2012.
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