AHF Helps Shore Up HIV Care in Pierce County
June 20 2024 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Partners with Washington State Department of
Health to provide case management and ensure continuity of critical
client services
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is working with the Washington
State Department of Health (DOH) to deliver HIV case management
services in Pierce County beginning July 1, 2024.
The Washington State Department of Health chose AHF, an HIV and
AIDS healthcare provider with nearly four decades’ experience
providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy regardless of ability
to pay, to assist in the delivery of HIV case management.
Since mid-October, Washington’s Department of Health has been
providing case management and now is transitioning delivery of
these critical services back to organizations that specialize in
HIV care. In Washington, the Department of Health ensures anyone
living in the state who needs this type of support, regardless of
income level or residency status, can access it at no cost.
“AHF currently operates a full service AHF Healthcare Center,
AHF Pharmacy, and a fund- and awareness-raising Out of the Closet
thrift store in Seattle where we have provided free HIV testing and
other community services since 2014,” said Marcelino
Alcorta, AHF Western Bureau Chief. “We are honored to have been
chosen to partner with the Department of Health in the delivery of
crucial services for people living with HIV in these additional
areas in Washington State and look forward to working more closely
with the other local providers and the community at large in Pierce
County.”
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) provides cutting-edge
medicine and advocacy to more than 2 million individuals in 47
countries in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the
Asia/Pacific Region, and Eastern Europe. To learn more about AHF,
visit us online at AIDShealth.org, find us on Facebook, follow us
on Instagram and Twitter, and subscribe to our Ahfter Hours
podcast.
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Ged Kenslea, AHF Senior Communications Director Cell:
323.791.5526 ged.kenslea@ahf.org