August 2008 Cover
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"People do stupid things -- that's what spreads HIV," says former UNAIDS official Elizabeth Pisani. But instead of talking honestly about how we can slow
the spread of HIV, HIV prevention efforts have been taken over by groups that prefer to collect as much money as they can while glossing over the issues that
really matter, Pisani suggests.
In a new book, Pisani claims that international HIV organizations are wasting their time talking about politically correct concepts like gender issues and
victimization, rather than focusing on the direct causes of HIV transmission: unprotected sex and injection drug use.
Read more at Elizabeth Pisani's provocative blog on HIV,
Wisdomofwhores.com
; you can also watch Pisani talk about her book or explain why she feels that
more sex outside of marriage could help lower HIV rates.
from The Guardian (U.K.)
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