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Recession Prompting Increase In Number Of People With HIV Seeking Public Services In California
The Los Angeles Times on Sunday examined how the recession is impacting people living with HIV in California. Brad Hare, medical director of University of California-San Francisco"s Positive Health Program at San Francisco General Hospital, said that people living with HIV who have lost their jobs and private health insurance are turning to public and nonprofit clinics for the first time and are responsible for a 12% increase this year in the clinic"s overall patient visits. He added that many of the patients he sees have gone months without receiving medical care. In addition, at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, which also provides HIV treatment, the number of new patients has doubled over the last year, Thomas Soule, a spokesperson for the center, said. The Times also profiled a client of the center (Lin, Los Angeles Times, 5/31).
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Researchers Find Vibrator Use To Be Common, Linked To Sexual Health
Two Indiana University studies conducted among nationally representative samples of adult American men and women show that vibrator use during sexual interactions is common, with use being reported by approximately 53 percent of women and 45 percent of men ages 18 to 60. Not only is vibrator use common, but the two studies also show that vibrator use is associated with more positive sexual function and being more proactive in caring for one"s sexual health.
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Washington Independent Examines U.S. Food Aid

The Washington Independent examines a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, which found that a federal law requiring most international food aid to come from U.S. farmers could be "hobbling efforts to feed the world"s hungry." Currently, Food for Peace - the nation"s largest food aid program - "requires that the crops be purchased from U.S. growers, processed through U.S. companies, and shipped using U.S.-flagged vessels," according to the article. According to the GAO report, "International aid programs that purchased food close to those in need not only spent much less, in many cases, but also delivered the assistance much faster than comparable programs like that of the U.S., where the food was shipped from abroad." The report recommends that "the White House take a closer look at whether local-purchase programs can create efficiencies without harming local markets or sacrificing quality and nutrition," Washington Independent reports. The report adds evidence to the position of relief groups that believe Washington should reorganize its multi-billion dollar food aid program to "allow for greater in-cash contributions, which grant aid organizations more power to tackle emergencies than the mandatory in-kind program currently in place," according to the Washington Independent. Kimberly Elliot, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, said, "The way the U.S. does in-kind food aid is particularly costly and inefficient." A shift to cash aid in Washington could have dramatic effects on the WFP, spokeswoman Jennifer Parmalee said, as about 40 percent of WFP"s budget comes from the U.S. Increased use of local farming, "isn"t without its pitfalls," writes the Washington Independent. "Relief groups and federal officials alike are quick to warn that dumping cash aid on local markets can spike food prices, making those commodities suddenly inaccessible to other residents. Officials are also warning that they simply don"t have much data about what the longer-term effects of cash aid are." The article indicates that "relief groups aren"t holding their breath for any changes to the Food for Peace program," and are instead hoping that "President Obama will make good on vows, made earlier this year, to double funding for foreign agriculture assistance through other programs in an effort to alleviate rising global hunger." Previous proposals to buy food closer to those in need, including by former President George W. Bush, have gone "exactly nowhere in Congress." And according to the Washington Independent, a number of lawmakers "have suggested that moving Food for Peace toward a cash-aid system would erode congressional support for the program altogether, threatening its very existence" (Lillis, Washington Independent, 6/5). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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