Health News
2006-01-21
Sacramento,
Calif., AIDS agency will close
Sacramento,
Calif.’s Center for Complementary Care, which
provides massage, hypnotherapy, acupuncture, and
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Sacramento,
Calif.’s Center for Complementary Care, which
provides massage, hypnotherapy, acupuncture, and
nutrition counseling to HIV-positive adults, will
close at the end of February due to a discontinuation
of federal funding, The Sacramento Bee reports. The agency was founded five
years ago and provides services to 75 to 100 HIV patients
each month.
Jan Trifiro,
CCC’s executive director, says that while the agency
doesn’t provide medical care, HIVers still
relied on its programs for healthy living.
"Preventative services tend not to get the recognition or
funding they merit," she told TheBee. "It's unfortunate because preventative
medicine is cost-effective, and it offers a higher quality
of life for people in the HIV-positive community."
Trifero says
several of the therapists working with CCC have agreed to
provide discounted services to the agency’s
HIV-positive clients when it closes its doors at the
end of next month. (Advocate.com)
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