Los gritos del silencio

Combating the Fight against AIDS
A U.S. Senate Commission has agreed to triple the budget – to up to US$ 50 million – for programs that take on the AIDS pandemic in Africa.
Chris Smith, the Republican Senator of New Jersey, provided them with the evidence of the success that abstinence and fidelity achieve on AIDS prevention in African countries. Smith drafted a law in the Houses of Representatives that is designed to re-activate the President’s Emergency Plan for the fight against HIV.
After having presented the reports provided by the Department of State, as well as by the Department of Health and Human Services, Smith asserted that these principles are 2 important factors in preventing AIDS in countries like Uganda, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. These 3 territories have demonstrated a decrease in the spread of HIV. To that extend, the reports show that there has been an increase in the application of “AB” (abstinence and fidelity).
According to an article published by “Science”, the spread of AIDS between the aborigines of Zimbabwe (ages 17 – 29) has decreased at a rate of 23 percent. Among the young girl population between the ages of 15 and 24 it has decreased 49 percent.
Developing African countries, such as Uganda, conduct events with the “ABC” logo, which stands for: A) abstinence; B) fidelity; C) the use of contraceptives.
Moreover, President Yoweri Maseveni of Uganda has succeeded for his people to modify their sexual conduct in order to prevent the dangers of AIDS. For President Maseveni the ABC stands for: A) abstinence; B) fidelity; C) character.
According to Uganda’s Demographic and Health Survey, 93 percent of Ugandans have changed their sexual conduct in order to help combat the fight against AIDS. (Translated by Gianna A. Sanchez-Moretti).
Author and journalist Clemente Ferrer has led a distinguished career in Spain in the fields of publicity and press relations. He is currently President of the European Institute of Marketing.
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