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More HIV Funds to Promote Abstinence
Dec. 10, 2005
By David Kohn
In a decision that has alarmed many public health researchers and AIDS advocates, the Bush administration is increasing the amount of HIV money that must be used to promote abstinence, while at the same time limiting funds for condoms. Opponents see the move as the latest attempt by the White House and religious conservatives to expand what they view as an unscientific and ineffective HIV prevention strategy. Critics say the approach could cost lives in the developing world.
"It's outrageous and stupid," said Duff Gillespie, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. "From a public health point of view, it's irresponsible." Until 2002, Gillespie was in charge of AIDS programs at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which distributes most federal money targeting the disease.
Supporters of the abstinence approach praised the decision. "It is encouraging that the Bush administration is willing to consider alternatives to the increasingly ineffective condoms-only policy," said Indiana Rep. Mark E. Souder, a Republican.
Copyright 2005 The Baltimore Sun
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category: News from Other Sources : AIDS News
contributed by Andrea Welch on 13 December 2005
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