Feds Spent $800,000 of Economic Stimulus on...

[338Shooter]

WTF, lol.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/75198

Feds Spent $800,000 of Economic Stimulus on African Genital-Washing Program

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), spent $823,200 of economic stimulus funds in 2009 on a study by a UCLA research team to teach uncircumcised African men how to wash their genitals after having sex.

The genitalia-washing program is part of a larger $12-million UCLA study examining how to better encourage Africans to undergo voluntary HIV testing and counseling – however, only the penis-washing study received money from the 2009 economic stimulus law. The washing portion of the study is set to end in 2011.

“NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications,” the grant abstract states. “We propose to evaluate the feasibility of a post-coital genital hygiene study among men unwilling to be circumcised in Orange Farm, South Africa.”

Because AIDS researchers have been unsuccessful in convincing most adult African men to undergo circumcision, the UCLA study proposes to determine whether researchers can develop an after-sex genitalia-washing regimen that they can then convince uncircumcised African men to follow.

“The aim of the proposed feasibility study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a post-coital male genital hygiene procedure, which participants will be asked to practice immediately post-coitus or at least 12 hours after,” reads the abstract.

Entitled “Community-Based HIV VCT: South Africa,” the name of the broader umbrella project, the program plans to test how well received the penis-washing regimen is among South African men.

If most of the men in the study wash their genitals after sex, are willing to do so after the study ends, and report that their partners accept the regimen, the researchers will develop another study to see if the “penile cleansing procedure” actually works to prevent HIV infections.

“If we find that men are able to practice consistent washing practices after sex, we will plan to test whether this might protect men from becoming HIV infected in a later study,” the grant says.

The study’s lead investigator Dr. Thomas J. Coates was the fourth highest-funded researcher in the country in 2002 and is currently conducting HIV research on three continents.

CNSNews.com asked both Coates and NIMH the following question: “The Census Bureau says the median household income in the United States is $52,000. How would you explain to the average American mom and dad -- who make $52,000 per year -- that taxing them to pay for this grant was justified?”

Coates, who was unavailable for comment, directed CNSNews.com to ask grant-related questions of his assistant, Darya Freedman, who did not respond.

The NIMH also declined to respond to CNSNews.com’s question.

 

[Old Fart]

Glad that wasn't my idea........

 

[kroberts2131]

Is this some sort of a joke? This can't be real

 

[jeffsoward]

While I don't think $823,000 is appropriate for teaching people to wash their junk, I do know that there is a huge problem in Africa. An entire Generation is missing due to HIV/AIDS. It's sad, really.
I know a guy that does Missionary work in Africa and they just got back from Uganda after a two month trip. They try to help this generation of little kids without parents due to the problem over there.
So, I'm all for educating and informing them, but $823,000 buys a helluva lot of condoms.

 

[338Shooter]

How is educating them a stimulus program for our country?

 

[Old Fart]

How is educating them a stimulus program for our country?

 

[kroberts2131]

While I don't think $823,000 is appropriate for teaching people to wash their junk, I do know that there is a huge problem in Africa. An entire Generation is missing due to HIV/AIDS. It's sad, really.
I know a guy that does Missionary work in Africa and they just got back from Uganda after a two month trip. They try to help this generation of little kids without parents due to the problem over there.
So, I'm all for educating and informing them, but $823,000 buys a helluva lot of condoms.

Well I agree that it is sad but don't you think we need to worry about whats going on inside our borders more than in Africa/Europe/S. America or anywhere else? I mean there are kids going hungry all across the US and were spending 800K on a penis washing class halfway across the world?

 

[338Shooter]

Foster's is disgusting.

 

[WhiteyMacD]

Foster's is disgusting.

Australian for urine.

 

[zoomaster1]

How is educating them a stimulus program for our country?

It stimulates their libido to have more. Just another HUGE waste of tax payer money. What about white, uncircumcised males???? Is this reverse discrimination?