FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 |
CONTACT:
HRSA PRESS OFFICE
301-443-3376 |
HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration has announced more than $4.9 million in grants to support diagnostic and treatment services for an estimated 30,000 men and women with hemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders and their families.
The 12 regional grants support a network of about 130 Hemophilia Treatment Centers located throughout the country. Those centers offer health management and prevention services to people with bleeding disorders, using multi-disciplinary teams of health care specialists, state-of-the art clinical research programs, and outreach and education programs.
“These grants treat people with hemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders by supervising the medical and psychosocial aspects of the disease,” said Dr. Peter van Dyck, HRSA's associate administrator for maternal and child health. “We believe this holistic model of care greatly improves the quality of life for them and their families.”
Each year about 400 babies are born in the United States with hemophilia, which is characterized by delayed clotting of the blood that can result in difficulty controlling bleeding after even minor injuries. Hemophilia primarily affects males.
The program is funded through the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS). The list of grant awards follows:
Comprehensive Hemophilia Diagnostic and Treatment Centers Grants, FY 2008
Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
Children's Hospital of Orange County |
Orange |
Calif. |
$740,719 |
Univ. of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center |
Aurora |
Colo. |
279,866 |
Hemophilia of Georgia Inc. |
Atlanta |
Ga. |
231,274 |
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Worcester |
Mass. |
275,885 |
Hemophilia Foundation of Michigan |
Ypsilanti |
Mich. |
390,391 |
Children's Mercy Hospital |
Kansas City |
Mo. |
396,775 |
Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
New York |
N.Y. |
590,283 |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Chapel Hill |
N.C. |
316,175 |
Oregon Health and Sciences University |
Portland |
Ore. |
191,366 |
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Philadelphia |
Pa. |
567,392 |
The Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
Houston |
Texas |
458,710 |
Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation Inc. |
Milwaukee |
Wis. |
474,439 |
Total |
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$4,913,275 |
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable. HRSA also is responsible for promoting and improving the health of our nation's women, children and families. For more information about HRSA and its programs, visit www.hrsa.gov.
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