WUFT News News and Public Media for North Central Florida from the University of Florida in Gainesville
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.
[audio:http://www.wuft.org/news/files/2011/12/PeoplesSheps5.mp3]The continuing education programs will begin at the end of January 2012.
