Minnesota Eliminates Funds For AIDS Hot Line

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/health/life/032006life.htm

The state Department of Health has eliminated funding for an AIDS hot line, and its supporters on Tuesday blamed a conservative social agenda.

The Minnesota AIDS Project AIDSLine, which provides testing referrals, as well as information for both newly diagnosed and at-risk individuals, has been funded to the tune of $135,000 a year by the Health Department. Last week, that funding was eliminated.

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At the same time, Beardsley said the department is shifting funds toward behavioral change programs that target those most at risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS: Communities of color, gay and bisexual men, and IV drug users.

"As a result of this process, we realized that both the STD and HIV hot lines were not as directly responsible for meeting the needs of those populations that are most disproportionately impacted," Beardsley said. "It was a difficult decision, but we had to prioritize."


dumb dumb DUMB!

people use these hotlines

stupid

[MadMaddie]

1. This is the same bullshit Repug mentallity of the 80's...don't talk

about it, don't give funding for prevention and don't give any money to cure it....it magically dissapears..Out of sight out of mind...

They are still treating Aids as if it is only a disiese that gays get.....

They are idiots!!!

[JackBeck]

2. This comes as no surprise.

HIV/AIDS funding has been slashed across the board. With the Ryan WHite Care Act up for renewal, it has come to my attention that when this Act is renewed, the allocation of the monies will be stretched as thin as the monies allocated for Homeland Security. In other words, for example, Wyoming will get (not exact numbers, just "for an example") $100/resident, while New York would get $30/resident.

[IsItJustMe]

3. It's called compassionate conservatism, remember?

Norm Coleman for President

:sarcasm: