$40M in Funds Available for Chronic Disease Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will award a total of $40 million in grants to all 58 U.S. states and territories for three-year coordinated chronic disease programs. Created by the Affordable Care Act, the initiative targets the nation’s five leading chronic diseaserelated causes of death and disability: heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes and arthritis. State and territorial health activities will focus on reducing age-adjusted mortality due to chronic diseases and reducing the prevalence of disabling chronic diseases. It also will aim to improve health and quality of life by promoting environmental and policy changes related to nutrition, physical activity and clinical preventive services, and by promoting education and management skills for people diagnosed with or at high risk for chronic diseases.