Uganda and AIDS. Do you know the truth?!
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Uganda is declared as example of effective fight against AIDS. All as result of strategy called "ABC". But is this truth? I heard that is only very good Americans' statistical propaganda. Do you know the truth? I will be very thankful for internet links to pages whitch explain me this problem.
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I'm not really sure what you mean by "the truth" or what exactly you are asking.
Uganda is one of the "success stories" in the fight against AIDS in Africa. Through use of a strategy called ABC (Abstinence, Being Faithful, and Condoms), the country has managed to dramatically reduce the incidence of HIV.
However in recent years, and largely because of the influence of Bush and the money he's donated, that strategy has shifted to focus on the "A" and "B" components, leaving out the "C" (condoms). Public health experts fear that this shift (due largely to political reasons) could once again lead to increasing rates of HIV.
For example, Bush is increasingly only giving money to HIV/AIDS programs that do not promote condom use as a means of HIV protection, but that emphasize being faithful and abstinence instead. There have been a lot of "virginity pledges" lately by young people, but the truth is that many of these young hopeful virgins are unable to keep their pledge (due to a variety of reasons including poverty and disempowerment of women) and then do not know about condom use.
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