Acción Mutua/
Shared Action

Acción Mutua/Shared Action is a program funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement capacity building assistance services for other AIDS organizations in the western region of the U.S.

The grant designates APLA as the provider of these services to organizations that are funded by the CDC to deliver HIV prevention services to Latinos in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam and the Pacific Basin.

The goal of this program is to improve the capacity of community based organizations and health departments to implement, improve and evaluate HIV prevention interventions for Latinos/as of unknown serostatus, including pregnant women, and people living with HIV/AIDS and their partners.

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Who We Are: Acción Mutua/Shared Action Staff

Miguel A. Chion, M.D., M.P.H. is the Program Manager of the Acción Mutua/Shared Action Program.  He earned his M.D. in Peru and his M.P.H. at the University of California Los Angeles.  His primary interests include Latinos and HIV, gender, evaluation techniques and evaluation capacity building.  He has more than nine years of experience working in the HIV/AIDS/STD field and four years as an evaluator at APLA.  He is currently an evaluator of eight HIV programs, a Community Advisory Board member for APLA treatment and education, and a member of the American Public Health Association and American Evaluation Association. mchion@apla.org / phone: 213.201.1605 / fax:213.201.1598