Initiative to reduce the incidence of stroke in Stroke Belt states: August 13.Seven states will receive approximately $2 million in grant awards to support a new initiative aimed at reducing the excessively high rates of stroke, stroke disabilities, and stroke deaths that disproportionately occur in the southeastern region of the United States. The US Health and Human Services' (HHS HHS Department of Health and Human Services. ) Stroke Belt Elimination Initiative (SBEI) will award approximately $8 million over 4 years within the seven states--Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee--experiencing the highest stroke death rates. The three grant recipients are: Forsyth Medical Center Forsyth Medical Center is a not-for-profit, tertiary care hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, that offers a full range of medical, surgical, rehabilitative and behavioral health services. Foundation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 185,776; in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17,483 raising the population to 203,259. ; Medical University of South Carolina “MUSC” redirects here. For Abel Santa María airport in Santa Clara, Cuba (ICAO code MUSC), see Abel Santa María Airport. The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina; and the University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB began in 1936 as the Birmingham Extension Center of the University of Alabama. Because of the rapid growth of the Birmingham area, it was decided that an extension program for students who had difficulties which prevented them from studying in Tuscaloosa was needed. . The institutions along with local community-based organizations will implement and coordinate prevention and awareness programs locally and across the region targeting stroke and hypertension. The SBEI represents a collaborative effort among HHS agencies and is part of the Closing the Health Gap Initiative, which seeks to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care. |
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