Gilead Sciences to award $4.5M funding to address inequities in HIV care
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Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) said it had collaborated with the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine and the Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education (CMHDRE) at Xavier University of Louisianaâs College of Pharmacy to focus on addressing the inequities in HIV care for Black communities in the Southern United States.

Gilead will award a total of $4.5M in funding over a three-year period.
The latest collaboration is part of Gileadâs health equity strategy to support community organizations around the world.
Other Gilead programs that address health equity include the COMPASS Initiative, a ten-year, $100 million commitment toward addressing HIV/AIDS inequities in the U.S. South.