STI AIDS prevention in the gay is threatened in Orleans and in the Loiret
The Action Group gay and lesbian Loiret has developed since 1999, campaigns to prevent AIDS and STIs on the various locations of meetings and friendly gay, lesbian and gay-friendly. These actions have always been financed by the state through the Regional Directorate of Health and Social Affairs (DRASS Center). Gradually, we managed to make our actions in the gay and lesbian and we thought that we awarded in 2005, 20,000 euros for carrying out this meant that we were recognized.
One year after 2005: the year of great national cause AIDS, while there is a general demobilization of French in the fight against AIDS, the association has a group of volunteers trained and committed. We regret that this group will not work this year because DRASS Center did not include our action "to a sufficient priority." It does not allocate funding.
Without funding, we can not assume the prevention campaign, implementation usually the summer and throughout the year. This decision leads to the ground, a lack of information and awareness could be an aggravating factor of risk-taking particularly among young homosexuals. We are outraged by the decision is a fatal blow to a public health recognized as modes of contamination are still poorly understood and practices to significantly increase risks to the scene of meetings of Loiret.
Press release taken by e-llico, Article 20 July 2006
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July 19 2006 @ 16:16
The news is not all good. Mean that the actions against suicide Gay them are funded. So much the better because friends are in this sexual preference commit suicide. They do not argue in any association and do not listen.
Let the battle is far from being won.
Sincerely yours
Monique Lemoine
July 21 2006 @ 11:41
I loved the reaction of the director of the DRASS in the local newspaper: Center region is not a priority in this fight because less affected by the contamination and contamination are more numerous than among straight people gay ...
And it may be due to the action of Gagli that can make such a finding, no? In short, expect contamination explode and give subsidies ...
Courage
Aline
July 25 2006 @ 17:28
There is an official document bearing the name Report of the National AIDS Council that recommends putting the emphasis on prevention towards homosexuals in two regions of France. IdF the region with more than half of HIV infections in France and the PACA region.
The state, in the Central region has not made this choice for homosexuals. It focuses on AIDS prevention but in the direction of heterosexuals and especially "migrants".
Trade with the DRASS and services, enabled us to present a little more activity to prevent and find solutions to continue efforts since 1999.
It is essential to send to the scene of meetings and friendliness, volunteers trained. And that is what we have defended. As for condoms, they are no longer in the image of the association and strong messages we want to move, we guarantee that they will be provided by the INPES and the Ministry of Health.
Gagli attention ... the 45 participants in the prevention Aline, he did not change the first of at-risk men attending the scene of drag. Prevention is the group in all humility, the small small small grain of sand recalled that AIDS and sexually transmitted infections are present in the department of Loiret:
Living in the Loiret, despite the low number of reported HIV-positive people, does not protect from AIDS!