Here are five insights:
1. The nation is experiencing a lack of primary care physicians in general, especially those specializing in HIV medicine.
2. Los Angeles County health officials decided to create a fellowship program to address this shortage in HIV medicine. More than 60,000 Los Angeles residents have HIV.
3. ViiV Healthcare, a United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical company, offered $7.5 million to fund the fellowship program. The pharmaceutical company manufactures HIV medications.
4. Participating fellows will receive a salary for the two-year program, as well as loan debt repayment help.
5. The fellowship program is slated to be five years and train 10 to 18 physicians. It will only accept those physicians who completed a clinical residency.
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