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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP\/WIAT) \u2014 Alabama\u2019s largest health care unit for treating HIV patients has relocated to a larger location.<\/p>\n
The 1917 Clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has moved from its old home in downtown to a new site in Birmingham\u2019s Lakeview district. The clinic has more than doubled in size to 27 examination rooms. It also has added a second room for medical procedures and new space for counseling services.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis move will allow for increased capacity to meet the existing and burgeoning need for HIV comprehensive multidisciplinary care and support service to people with HIV and the community,\u201d said clinic director James Raper, Ph.D., CRNP. \u201cIt also allows us to more effectively do outreach to identify persons with HIV who are not engaged in care, and simultaneously do outreach and provide PrEP services to people at risk for HIV.\u201d<\/p>\n
With more than 3,600 active patients, clinic director James Raper says the expansion will help provide comprehensive care for people with HIV, which can cause AIDS.<\/p>\n
While the\u00a01917\u00a0Clinic occupies the majority of the Dewberry Building, Birmingham AIDS Outreach has space in the building as well, which is indicative of\u00a01917\u2019s mission to work with community partners and agencies to support all patient needs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis move will provide renewed synergy between\u00a01917\u00a0Clinic and BAO as community partners in the fight to end the HIV epidemic while addressing the immediate needs of the HIV community,\u201d Raper said. \u201cI am excited about the decades of HIV patient care ahead of us in this new space.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 1917 Clinic has treated more than 12,000 patients with HIV in its three-decade tenure.<\/p>\n
The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4586,4588,273,52,4587],"class_list":["post-6654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aids-hiv","tag-alabamas","tag-expanding","tag-health","tag-hiv","tag-unit"],"yoast_head":"\n