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------Original message------ From: PlusNews <[email protected]> To: "Elisabeth Janaina" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:33:14 AM GMT-0000 Subject: In Brief: Condoms needed in PNG prisons In Brief: Condoms needed in PNG prisons BANGKOK, 14 March 2013 (PLUSNEWS) - A Papua New Guinea (PNG) study released today calls for condoms to be made more widely available in prisons. "All prisoners must have condoms," Angela Kelly, one of the authors of the study [ http://www.pngimr.org.pg/research%20publications/Kelly%20et%20al%202012%20%20Emerging%20HIV%20Risk%20in%20PNG.pdf ] by the PNG Institute of Medical Research, told IRIN, noting that they could help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. Although condoms are one of the government's key HIV prevention tools, there is no official policy in place regarding prisons, with many viewing their distribution as supporting male-to-male sex which is illegal in PNG. The study found that unsafe, forced and consensual male-to-male sex was taking place in four of the country's 19 overcrowded prisons visited; some sexual relations were long-term, some sex was for goods or as a punishment, and some involved more than one partner. Only one of the four prisons provided condoms to inmates; most prison staff believed condoms encouraged sex, the study found. While there is no figure for HIV prevalence in PNG prisons, it is widely believed to exceed the national average of 0.8 percent. ds/cb [END] This report online: http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?reportID=97646 Follow us on Twitter! http://twitter.com/plusnews © IRIN. All rights reserved. HIV/AIDS news and analysis: http://www.plusnews.org/ [This item comes to you from PlusNews, part of IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations or its Member States. Reposting or reproduction, with attribution, for non-commercial purposes is permitted. Terms and conditions: http://www.irinnews.org/copyright Principal IRIN/PlusNews donors: UAE, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the IHC. More information: http://www.irinnews.org/donors This mail is from an automatic address. Contact PlusNews at: [email protected]. Revise/stop your subscription: http://bit.ly/9nCoUP ] Subscribed email: [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
