Washington DC Escorts: Canada gets failing grade in battling AIDS
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In particular, the report points out the problems with getting support for Aboriginal and migrant women, incarcerated women, injection drug users and sex trade workers.
“The federal government should have increased funding in the face of multiple needs in the growing number of HIV affected populations,” said Louise Binder of the Blueprint for Action on Women and Girls and HIV/AIDS in a statement. “Instead it is abdicating its role to protect the health and lives of people in Canada.”
The AIDS groups said the Conservative government squandered funds on AIDS initiatives by not developing a strong marketing campaign aimed at combating the stigma of being HIV positive.
“By deleting abortion from its G8 maternal health proposal, by fighting Canada’s only legal safe injection site at the Supreme Court of Canada and by criminalizing sex work, Canada’s government is fuelling stigma and discrimination,” said Binder.