Aids: Role of Gay Men in Spreading Virus Is Ignored in Africa, Study Finds
The role of gay sex in the transmission of the virus that causes AIDS in Africa has been long ignored, say the authors of a new study in the medical journal Lancet.
While most transmission of the virus in Africa is heterosexual, 19 recent studies of African men who have sex with men show that they have “considerably higher” infection rates than other adult men in their respective countries, said the authors, who were from Oxford University and research institutions in Ghana and Kenya.
These men also have less access to prevention and care; most African countries have allocated no money to gay men, and homosexual sex is illegal in 31 African countries, in four of which men risk the death penalty.
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Alicia Keys asks `Idol’ fans to text for HIV
(Los Angeles) Alicia Keys wants $5 from every “American Idol” fan.
The Grammy-winning singer appeared on the hit Fox show Wednesday to urge viewers to support the Text ALIVE Challenge, which aims to bring medicine and medical care to children and families with HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.
Keys asked fans to …
Tags: aids, Aids Africa, Aids In Africa, Alicia Keys, American Idol, Fans, Fox, Grammy, hiv, Hiv Aids In Africa, India, Medical Care, MedicineAIDS-ravaged Africa braces for Swine Flu
(Cape Town, South Africa) African nations are scrambling to prevent swine flu from reaching a continent already struggling with the burden of AIDS and malaria, fearing an outbreak could wreak much more devastation than in North America or Europe.
There have been no confirmed cases of the virus in Africa, and …
Tags: African Nations, aids, Aids Africa, Braces, Cape Town South Africa, Continent, Devastation, Europe, Flu, Malaria, North America, Outbreak, Swine Flu, VirusPope: Condoms not the answer to fighting AIDS
Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday that the distribution of condoms is not the answer in the fight against AIDS in Africa.
Benedict has never before spoken explicitly on condom use although he has stressed that the Roman Catholic Church is in the forefront of the battle against AIDS. The Vatican encourages …
Tags: aids, Aids Africa, Aids In Africa, Benedict Xvi, Condom Use, Condoms, Forefront, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict Xvi, Roman Catholic Church, VaticanFighting AIDS in Africa may be Bush’s legacy
(Cape Town, South Africa) In her AIDS-scarred South African township, Sweetness Mzolisa leads a chorus of praise for George W. Bush that echoes to the deserts of Namibia, the hills of Rwanda and the villages of Ethiopia.
Like countless Africans, Mzolisa looks forward to Barack Obama becoming America’s first black president …
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