http://www.journaids.org/blog/2007/09/17/journalists-need-to-be-critical-of-hiv-prevention-efforts/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:13:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 http://www.journaids.org/blog/2007/09/17/journalists-need-to-be-critical-of-hiv-prevention-efforts/#comment-59118 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:43:40 +0000 http://www.journaids.org/blog/2007/09/17/journalists-need-to-be-critical-of-hiv-prevention-efforts/#comment-59118 scary stuff. the insistence that the best way to prevent this is to focus on family values is especially frightening because it seems to indicate a profoundly blinkered approach to a crisis that can only get worse as long as the care provided is primarily reactionary--a de facto rejection of contraceptives seems to rule out most prevention measures (does the church have an official stance on microbicides, should trials go well and they be made available?), which leaves these well-meaning catholic aids workers "drowning in orphans." thanks for the astute observations. scary stuff. the insistence that the best way to prevent this is to focus on family values is especially frightening because it seems to indicate a profoundly blinkered approach to a crisis that can only get worse as long as the care provided is primarily reactionary–a de facto rejection of contraceptives seems to rule out most prevention measures (does the church have an official stance on microbicides, should trials go well and they be made available?), which leaves these well-meaning catholic aids workers “drowning in orphans.”
thanks for the astute observations.

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