Fairy-tale failure

Fairy-tale failure

Back in 1986, when Ronald Reagan had yet to make a single public speech about AIDS, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni launched an ambitious HIV prevention campaign, which included massive condom distribution, explicit information about transmission, and messages about delaying sex and reducing numbe...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American prospect 2006-07, Vol.17 (7), p.9
1. Verfasser: Kaplan, Esther
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
AIDS education
Bush, George W
Condoms
Disease control
Disease prevention
Fairy tales
Government finance
Health aspects
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infections
Morality
Religious aspects
Sexual abstinence
Sexual behavior
Think tanks
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Zusammenfassung:Back in 1986, when Ronald Reagan had yet to make a single public speech about AIDS, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni launched an ambitious HIV prevention campaign, which included massive condom distribution, explicit information about transmission, and messages about delaying sex and reducing numbers of partners. (Smith's proposal was rejected by a scientific review committee, but the head of USAID intervened.) Martin Ssempa, a local minister known for staging public condom burnings, joined the U.S. money train.
ISSN:1049-7285