Saturday, October 27, 2007

கிறிஸ்துவத்தால் தென்னமெரிக்காவில் எய்ட்ஸ் வேகமாக பரவுகிறது

தென் அமெரிக்காவில் வெகுவேகமாக எய்ட்ஸ் பரவுவதற்கு கிறிஸ்துவமே காரணம் என்ற் ஐ.நா குறை கூறியுள்ளது.
ஆணுரை அணிவதை கத்தோலிக்க கிறிஸ்துவம் தடைசெய்வதால், ஏராளமானவர்கள் ஆணுரை கிடைக்காததாலும், ஆணுரை அணிய தடை இருப்பதாலும், பாதுகாப்பற்ற செக்ஸ் காரணமாக ஏராளமானவர்கள் எய்ட்ஸ நோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட போப்பாண்டவர் காரணமாகியுள்ளார் என்று கூறியுள்ளனர்

Catholic condom ban helping AIDS spread in Latam: U.N.
Tue Oct 23, 2:31 AM ET



TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The rapid spread in Latin America of the virus that causes AIDS is made worse by the Roman Catholic Church's stand against using condoms, a U.N. official said on Monday.

Some 1.7 million people across Latin America are infected with the HIV virus or full-blown AIDS, and the epidemic is spreading swiftly with up to 410,000 new cases in 2006, up from as many as 320,000 new cases in 2004, according the UN AIDS program, UNAIDS.

"In Latin America the use of condoms has been demonized, but if they were used in every relation I guarantee the epidemic would be resolved in the region," said Alberto Stella, the UNAIDS Coordinator for Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

The Catholic Church, which holds sway in Latin America despite the rise in evangelical churches, opposes all forms of contraception and instead promotes abstinence as a way to avoid spreading AIDS.

"The fact young people start to be sexually active between 15 and 19 without sex education contributes to the spreading of the virus, as well as the fact that the evidence shows abstinence is not working," Stella told Reuters.

Latin America is home to nearly half the world's 1.1 billion Catholics, but the Church's position on premarital sex and contraception often clashes with modern values. Brazil, the region's largest Catholic nation, regularly distributes free condoms to try and bring down HIV infection rates.

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