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Canadian HIV/AIDS Advocates Call For Increased Efforts From Next Government To Fight HIV/AIDS

Main Category: HIV / AIDS
Article Date: 15 Oct 2008 - 11:00 PDT

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A coalition of Canadian HIV/AIDS organizations led by the Canadian AIDS Society on Thursday called for the country's next elected government to reinstate social support and other resources for people living with HIV/AIDS, the CP/Yahoo! News reports. The call came after the coalition contacted Canada's five main political parties to ask them about their stances on issues surrounding HIV/AIDS. It also comes in response to reductions in HIV/AIDS funding by the government since 2005, which has resulted in what the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network estimates is an overall funding reduction of 6.57 million Canadian dollars, or about $5.5 million. In addition, the current government has redirected 5.2 million Canadian dollars, or about $4.5 million, to HIV/AIDS vaccine efforts, according to the network (King, CP/Yahoo! News, 10/9). The Canadian AIDS Society reports that a government initiative in 2004 committed to increasing federal HIV/AIDS funding from 42.2 million Canadian dollars -- or about $36 million -- to 84.4 million Canadian dollars -- or about $72 million -- by fiscal year 2008-2009, the Toronto Star reports. However, funding, which should have reached $74.7 million this year, was lower by 11.8 million Canadian dollars -- or about $10 million -- according to the Canadian AIDS Society.

Monique Doolittle-Romas, executive director of the Canadian AIDS Society, said that the groups have been "stunned by the silence surrounding HIV" during the federal election campaign, adding, "This is a topic worthy of discussion, especially since HIV/AIDS is preventable." Out of the five parties contacted, the coalition has received commitments from four -- the Liberals, the Green Party, the Bloc and the New Democratic Party -- that they will provide funding for HIV/AIDS initiatives and support for harm-reduction programs, according to Doolittle-Romas (Talaga, The Toronto Star, 10/10). The parties also agreed that funding for community programs is necessary, Doolitte-Romas said (CP/Yahoo! News, 10/9).

Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/healthpolicy. The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

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