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NEW YORK — The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding a $549,000 grant to fight asthma in New York City's East Harlem neighborhood by improving indoor conditions in public housing projects.
HUD regional coordinator Adolfo Carrion is announcing the grant to the New York Academy of Medicine and the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service on Monday. U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel and other elected officials will join Carrion for the announcement.
The project aims to improve the health of East Harlem children with asthma by eliminating indoor health hazards such as mold and dust.
Approximately 23 percent of East Harlem children ages 5 to 12 suffer from asthma.
Asthma is a leading cause of school and work absences, emergency room visits and hospitalizations among low-income minority populations.
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Andrew J. Martin
Director of Communications
The New York Academy of Medicine
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amartin@nyam.org
Reporters: to arrange interviews with NYAM medical and urban health experts, contact
Andrew J. Martin, Director of Communications
212-822-7285 / amartin@nyam.org
The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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