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Friday, February 1, 2013

U.S. Spent $424K on Project Working With Muslim Scholars to Stop HIV Among Prostitutes, Gays, Drug Users in Syria

By Patrick Burke January 30, 2013
(CNSNews.com) -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) gave $424,062 in tax dollars to researchers who worked with Muslim scholars to develop strategies to prevent HIV infection among prostitutes, homosexuals, and IV-drug users in Aleppo, Syria. The project was not completed because of the outbreak of the rebellion in Syria.  “I’m very disappointed we weren’t able to carry out this project as far as we had hoped, but sometimes things happen and that’s the way it is,” Professor David Seal of Tulane University, the principal researcher, told CNSNews.com. “It’s unfortunate, but human safety comes first.”...To Read More......


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