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    • About Us
      • Planning Council
      • Member Spotlight
      • Committees
      • Meeting Minutes
      • Forms & Docs
    • Ryan White Program
      • Ryan White Program
      • About Ryan White
    • Resources
      • Service Map
      • HIV/AIDS Resources/Links
      • COVID-19 Resources
    • Quality Management
    • News & Events
      • Calendar
      • World AIDS Day
      • Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness
      • National HIV Testing Day
    • Contact Us

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Planning Council
    • Member Spotlight
    • Committees
    • Meeting Minutes
    • Forms & Docs
  • Ryan White Program
    • Ryan White Program
    • About Ryan White
  • Resources
    • Service Map
    • HIV/AIDS Resources/Links
    • COVID-19 Resources
  • Quality Management
  • News & Events
    • Calendar
    • World AIDS Day
    • Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness
    • National HIV Testing Day
  • Contact Us

About Ryan White

Who Was Ryan White?

The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program was named for a courageous young man who was diagnosed with AIDS following a blood transfusion in December 1984.


Ryan White was diagnosed at age 13 while living in Konkomo, Indiana and was given six months to live. When Ryan White tried to return to school, he fought AIDS-related discrimination in his Indiana community. Along with his mother Jeanne White Ginder, Ryan White rallied for his right to attend school - gaining national attention - and became the face of public education about his disease.


Surprising his doctors, Ryan White lived five years longer than predicted. He died in April 1990, one month before his high school graduation and only months before Congress passed the legislation bearing his name in August 1990 - the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act.


Learn about the Ryan White Program.


View the Part A service map for the list of services funded in the Long Island region. 

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