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in response to growing concern about the impact of HIV/AIDS on racial and ethnic minorities in the US. The core driver of the initiative is to improve HIV-related health outcomes for racial and ethnic communities disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. To accomplish this recurring goal, MAI has reached out to community-based providers. Within this daunting portfolio, there still appears to be minimum effort to acknowledge the prison population as it relates to HIV/AIDS in Urban America. Until this fete is acknowledge and accomplished, MAI's portfolio will yield less than a satisfactory outcome.

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