The only country that shows real progress against this disease is fighting Uganda through the promotion of abstinence before marriage and fidelity within marriage
Author: Luis Olivera
Arvo.net, 07.07.2003
Arvo.net, 07.07.2003
The Italian minister said, full of common sense a few years ago. But it was as if speaking only for the deaf. His words are gone with the wind, though the facts have given the reason .. It is no secret to anyone that Sub Saharan Africa is the victim of a widespread AIDS epidemic. The statistics published in 2006 by UNAIDS (United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS), estimated that 24.5 million people in that region were seropositive at the end of 2005, with 2.7 million new cases only in that year.
Desperate to stop the spread of this disease, which is poised to become the most destructive pest of all time, countries in Africa hit by AIDS have looked to the West. However, the assistance they have received seems to have been more harmful than good. Aid agencies in the West, dominated by secular-minded, have bombarded the mainland with liberal programs of sex education and condoms, wrote Colin Mason, Director of Communications of the Population Research Institute. According to UNAIDS, the infection rates HIV in Africa continue to increase, suggesting that such programs, instead of stopping the spread of the disease, are actually helping to transmit encouraging risky behavior.
was explained in specialized international forums. But his representatives were booed by those interested in maintaining the status quo today. Only one African country, Uganda has successfully fought AIDS. The rate of HIV prevalence has fallen dramatically in recent years. In 1992 over 18% of adults under analysis in the test was positive for the AIDS virus. In late 2005, only 6.7% were positive. No other country has experienced a decline comparable to it. How did it so quickly? Western institutions that provide help, eager to justify their programs, falsely attribute the decline to sex education and condom use. However, Ugandans themselves have a much more simple. History can be summarized in one word: abstinence. But we know that there are none so blind as those who will not see?
The unsung hero of the victory of Uganda on AIDS is a Catholic nun named Sister Miriam Duggan, MD At the beginning of the fight against this deadly disease, she developed a program called "Education for Life, "which encourages people to live in sexual abstinence before marriage and fidelity within it. Educating people about the dangers of sexual promiscuity and its deadly consequences, "Education for Life" has helped change the mentality of the people of Uganda. She and her colleagues insist that this program together with the government's willingness to accept abstinence education is what has helped reduce the AIDS epidemic in Uganda.
"I think today must be very confusing for young people to answer the question? What path should take?" Said Thandi Hadebe, a teacher education program for Life. "And this is where I think we fail our young people because we give lot of conflicting information." Hadebe because of the AIDS epidemic to the indiscriminate promotion of condoms and the various messages of "safe sex" sent by educators. Against
challenges, have launched new initiatives, with imagination: Education for life testing a different approach.
"We emphasize the aspect of freedom as part of them, and can use it to protect themselves," says Fr Andrew Shjngange, another teacher in the program. A new documentary called? The change has already begun? celebrates the victory of life and common sense.
Developed by Bishop Hugh Slattery of the Diocese of Tzaneen (South Africa), this documentary tells the story of Sister Miriam and explains how it works in practice its program. In it, Bishop Slattery describes the work of faith-based organizations dealing with the social consequences of HIV / AIDS. Naturally, it is people of faith that is heroic solidarity with those infected in their homes, and staff of orphanages full of orphans and children crying. Posts
talk knowingly, few people know better than Bishop Slattery the problems of HIV / AIDS. The number of adults with HIV in South Africa was 18.8% at the end of 2005, almost the same as in Uganda 15 years ago. The "Education for Life" has been introduced into his diocese and was spread throughout South Africa. The amazing success of Uganda in fighting the spread of AIDS can be attributed to this revolutionary approach to the problem through the promotion of sexual abstinence before marriage and fidelity within it.
realism should be imposed to the ideology of mercantilism disguised "(AIDS) is a threat to all civilization, is a threat to our future, is an issue that moves us to ask: Will there be new generations here in the future, "says Bishop Slattery. "It sounds like that pessimistic seen, but in reality, the problem is very serious, if you see the statistics."
"It is becoming more evident every day that the Western world's obsession with the promotion of condoms was severely hampering the efforts of African countries to effectively manage HIV / AIDS," says Bishop Slattery. "The only country that shows real progress against this disease is fighting Uganda" through the promotion of abstinence before marriage and fidelity within marriage. The Western world refuses to accept and to highlight this tremendous achievement. On the contrary, are doing everything they can to ruin it by using all available means to promote condoms in this country against the wishes of the leaders of his government.
Desperate to stop the spread of this disease, which is poised to become the most destructive pest of all time, countries in Africa hit by AIDS have looked to the West. However, the assistance they have received seems to have been more harmful than good. Aid agencies in the West, dominated by secular-minded, have bombarded the mainland with liberal programs of sex education and condoms, wrote Colin Mason, Director of Communications of the Population Research Institute. According to UNAIDS, the infection rates HIV in Africa continue to increase, suggesting that such programs, instead of stopping the spread of the disease, are actually helping to transmit encouraging risky behavior.
was explained in specialized international forums. But his representatives were booed by those interested in maintaining the status quo today. Only one African country, Uganda has successfully fought AIDS. The rate of HIV prevalence has fallen dramatically in recent years. In 1992 over 18% of adults under analysis in the test was positive for the AIDS virus. In late 2005, only 6.7% were positive. No other country has experienced a decline comparable to it. How did it so quickly? Western institutions that provide help, eager to justify their programs, falsely attribute the decline to sex education and condom use. However, Ugandans themselves have a much more simple. History can be summarized in one word: abstinence. But we know that there are none so blind as those who will not see?
The unsung hero of the victory of Uganda on AIDS is a Catholic nun named Sister Miriam Duggan, MD At the beginning of the fight against this deadly disease, she developed a program called "Education for Life, "which encourages people to live in sexual abstinence before marriage and fidelity within it. Educating people about the dangers of sexual promiscuity and its deadly consequences, "Education for Life" has helped change the mentality of the people of Uganda. She and her colleagues insist that this program together with the government's willingness to accept abstinence education is what has helped reduce the AIDS epidemic in Uganda.
"I think today must be very confusing for young people to answer the question? What path should take?" Said Thandi Hadebe, a teacher education program for Life. "And this is where I think we fail our young people because we give lot of conflicting information." Hadebe because of the AIDS epidemic to the indiscriminate promotion of condoms and the various messages of "safe sex" sent by educators. Against
challenges, have launched new initiatives, with imagination: Education for life testing a different approach.
"We emphasize the aspect of freedom as part of them, and can use it to protect themselves," says Fr Andrew Shjngange, another teacher in the program. A new documentary called? The change has already begun? celebrates the victory of life and common sense.
Developed by Bishop Hugh Slattery of the Diocese of Tzaneen (South Africa), this documentary tells the story of Sister Miriam and explains how it works in practice its program. In it, Bishop Slattery describes the work of faith-based organizations dealing with the social consequences of HIV / AIDS. Naturally, it is people of faith that is heroic solidarity with those infected in their homes, and staff of orphanages full of orphans and children crying. Posts
talk knowingly, few people know better than Bishop Slattery the problems of HIV / AIDS. The number of adults with HIV in South Africa was 18.8% at the end of 2005, almost the same as in Uganda 15 years ago. The "Education for Life" has been introduced into his diocese and was spread throughout South Africa. The amazing success of Uganda in fighting the spread of AIDS can be attributed to this revolutionary approach to the problem through the promotion of sexual abstinence before marriage and fidelity within it.
realism should be imposed to the ideology of mercantilism disguised "(AIDS) is a threat to all civilization, is a threat to our future, is an issue that moves us to ask: Will there be new generations here in the future, "says Bishop Slattery. "It sounds like that pessimistic seen, but in reality, the problem is very serious, if you see the statistics."
"It is becoming more evident every day that the Western world's obsession with the promotion of condoms was severely hampering the efforts of African countries to effectively manage HIV / AIDS," says Bishop Slattery. "The only country that shows real progress against this disease is fighting Uganda" through the promotion of abstinence before marriage and fidelity within marriage. The Western world refuses to accept and to highlight this tremendous achievement. On the contrary, are doing everything they can to ruin it by using all available means to promote condoms in this country against the wishes of the leaders of his government.
UNAIDS Will someone who is aware of this?
* Luis Olivera, Journalist
