Medical Journalist Says Reliance on Condoms Spreads HIV/AIDS
By Gudrun Schultz
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - "A medical journalist has added her voice to claims that the explosion in HIV/AIDS infection rates is directly linked to reliance on condom use as a virus preventative."
"Writing for Crisis Magazine, prize-winning investigative journalist Sue Ellin Browder said the growing consensus among public health professionals is that condoms should only be used as a last measure of protection for persons involved in extremely high-risk activity such as sex-trade work."
"Zenit News Agency reported yesterday on Browder's conclusions. 'So far, there's no good evidence that condoms will reverse population-wide epidemics like those in sub-Saharan Africa,' Browder wrote. She offered evidence that dramatic increases in condom distribution in African nations paralleled an explosion in HIV/AIDS infection rates within the population."
"Citing statistics from South Africa, Browder stated that condom distribution between 1994 and 1998 leaped to 198 million from 6 million, but death rates from HIV/AIDS in the years between 1997 and 2002 saw a massive 57 per cent increase."
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WASHINGTON, D.C., June 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - "A medical journalist has added her voice to claims that the explosion in HIV/AIDS infection rates is directly linked to reliance on condom use as a virus preventative."
"Writing for Crisis Magazine, prize-winning investigative journalist Sue Ellin Browder said the growing consensus among public health professionals is that condoms should only be used as a last measure of protection for persons involved in extremely high-risk activity such as sex-trade work."
"Zenit News Agency reported yesterday on Browder's conclusions. 'So far, there's no good evidence that condoms will reverse population-wide epidemics like those in sub-Saharan Africa,' Browder wrote. She offered evidence that dramatic increases in condom distribution in African nations paralleled an explosion in HIV/AIDS infection rates within the population."
"Citing statistics from South Africa, Browder stated that condom distribution between 1994 and 1998 leaped to 198 million from 6 million, but death rates from HIV/AIDS in the years between 1997 and 2002 saw a massive 57 per cent increase."
Read more...