Re: [Goanet] Re: HIV test to be made mandatory for marriage

2006-03-23 Thread Elisabeth Carvalho
However, I don't think an AIDS test is a deterrent to post-marital sex. These men will visit prostitutes after they get married and will infect their wives. That much we can be sure off. AIDS is more a lifestyle disease and unless we inform people to change lifestyles, use condoms and practice

Re: [Goanet] Re: HIV test to be made mandatory for marriage

2006-03-23 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Gilbert, Australia demands an HIV test for those that come to Australia for a long term visit or immigration. I wonder, given the explosion in the spread of HIV, if India could request an HIV certificate from reputed local hospitals from where visas are issued? Though impractical for

Re: [Goanet] Re: HIV test to be made mandatory for marriage registrationin Goa

2006-03-21 Thread Eddie Fernandes
- Original Message - From: Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] At first thought, this feels like a logical step in the prevention of AIDS ... But no matter how you dice it, it is in the end an invasion of personal privacy. . Elisabeth, You