GULF WAR VETERANS A NATIONAL TRAGEDY: An INTERESTING COMPARISON

GULF WAR ILLNESS IN COMPARISON 

A little comparison here with another well known Retrovirus ie AIDS

AIDS number in US 1.1mil- Funding for AIDS in US (Does not count government or nonprofit funding from the US to other countries!)

CDC HIV/AIDS Funding $534,987,079 HOPWA Funding $267,417,000 SAMHSA HIV/AIDS Funding $104,321,529 OMH HIV/AIDS Funding $7,282,493
Ryan White Program Funding $2,079,021,520 Total $2,993,029,621

RECENT Funding for next year for DOD CDMRP for Gulf War Illness Research 8 million.  Funding from VA re 15 mil times 5 years for VA Collaborative Center at UTSW Medical Center in Dallas was killed as it started its third year.

Gulf War Veterans that served in theater 696,842…claims submitted by this group alone based on year ago was 278,713.  This does not include Gulf War Era veterans that received immunization and secondary exposures from equipment returning from overseas and personnel.  Nor does it include those that are reporting GWS symptoms since the gulf war!  Nor does it include 1 million civilians in the US, at least, that suffer from CFS/ME.

I ASK YOU DOES THIS SHOW YOU WHERE THE GULF WAR VETERANS HEALTH RESEARCH FALLS? 

Total HIV/AIDS Federal Funding, FY2008
  US
$ US
$
CDC HIV/AIDS Funding $534,987,079 $534,987,079
HOPWA Funding $267,417,000 $267,417,000
SAMHSA HIV/AIDS Funding $104,321,529 $104,321,529
OMH HIV/AIDS Funding $7,282,493 $7,282,493
Ryan White Program Funding $2,079,021,520 $2,079,021,520
Total $2,993,029,621 $2,993,029,621

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Notes:  U.S. totals include data from the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia), and from U.S. dependencies, possessions, and independent nations in free association with the United States. Totals include the following:
CDC HIV/AIDS Funding: American Samoa ($378,431), F. States of Micronesia ($190,899), Marshall Islands ($330,560), N. Mariana Islands ($194,977), Republic of Palau ($352,787)
Ryan White Program Funding: American Samoa ($51,978), F. States of Micronesia ($54,934), Marshall Islands ($52,893), N. Mariana Islands ($53,958), Republic of Palau ($50,000)

Data exclude CDC funding for STD prevention.
 
Sources:  National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) at http://www.nastad.org, Special Data Request, 2009.
 
Definitions:  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) HIV/AIDS Funding: CDC funding includes funding for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention Cooperative Agreements, HIV Prevention Cooperative Agreements, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Cooperative Agreements, Community-Based/Capacity Building Assistance Providers, Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), and miscellaneous grants.
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA): HOPWA provides housing assistance and related support services for low-income persons with HIV/AIDS and their families.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): SAMHSA funding includes funding for the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT).
Office of Minority Health (OMH): OMH funding includes funding for the HIV/AIDS Health Promotion and Education Program, the Technical Assistance and Capacity Development Demonstration Grant Program for HIV/AIDS – Related Services in Communities, Bilingual/Bicultural Demonstration Program, Community Partnerships to Improve Minority Health, and the Minority Community Health Partnership HIV/AIDS Program.
Ryan White Program: "Title XXVI of the PHS Act as amended by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006" or "Ryan White Program" was first enacted in 1990 and provides funding to cities, states and other public or private nonprofit entities to develop, organize, coordinate and operate systems for the delivery of health care and support services to medically underserved individuals and families affected by HIV disease. The Ryan White Program was reauthorized for the third time in December 2006.
Federal Fiscal Year: Unless otherwise noted, years proceeded by "FY" on statehealthfacts.org refer to the Federal Fiscal Year, which runs from October 1 through September 30. For example, FY 2009 refers to the period from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009.