The problem is that in a great many cases AIDS education is ignored or worse yet the students are misinformed. The data so far suggests that the recent push for Abstinence only sex education is resulting in increased teen pregancies, and increased rates of STD's. Condoms do more than help to prevent accidental pregnancies they also help to prevent transmission of the AIDS virus. Coupled (pardon the pun) with specific life education and things like needle-exchanges etc., that can significantly reduce AIDS rates.
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Scaries statistics to start the morning 0_0 > > > http://www.aolnews.com/health/article/aids-epidemic-in-some-us-cities-worse-than-global-hot-spots/19378159 > > (March 1) -- Despite advances in prevention and treatment, rates of HIV/AIDS > in some parts of the U.S. are higher than those in sub-Saharan Africa, say > the authors of a recent study in The New England Journal of Medicine. > > AIDS advocacy efforts in the U.S. have waned in recent years, after medical > innovations helped sufferers live longer, minimized obvious symptoms and > alleviated the widespread social panic that characterized the early spread > of the disease. > > Globally, though, the spread of AIDS has yet to be curtailed: 33 million > people are afflicted, including two-thirds of those living in sub-Saharan > Africa. > > But what might come as a real surprise is news that rates across some parts > of the U.S. have yet to decrease. In fact, they're right up there with the > prevalence of HIV/AIDS in global hot spots, where the health scourge > continues largely unabated. > > Rates of HIV among adults in Washington, D.C., for example, now exceed 1 in > 30 -- higher than reported rates in Ethiopia, Nigeria or Rwanda. In New > York, rates are higher among blacks (1 in 40) and injection-drug users (1 in > 8)" > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312930 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
