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Titolo: che Green sia Black? "ma il Papa ha davvero ragione"

"Sui profilattici il Papa ha ragione"
Lo dice il Direttore di un progetto di prevenzione dell'AIDS di Harvard
ROMA, martedě, 24 marzo 2009 (ZENIT.org).- In una intervista pubblicata da 
"il Sussidiario" il dott. Edward Green, Direttore dell'AIDS Prevention 
Research Project della Harvard School of Public Health and Center for 
Population and Development Studies, ha sostenuto che in merito ai 
profilattici "il Papa ha ragione".
"Sono un liberal sui temi sociali e per me č difficile ammetterlo, ma il 
Papa ha davvero ragione", ha spiegato il dott. Green.
"Le prove che abbiamo - ha precisato - dimostrano che, in Africa, i 
preservativi non funzionano come intervento per ridurre il tasso di 
infezione da HIV. [.] Quello che si riscontra in realtŕ č una relazione tra 
un piů largo uso di preservativi e un maggiore tasso di infezione".
Il dott Green ha poi spiegato: "Non conosciamo tutte le cause di questo 
fenomeno, ma parte di esso č dovuto a ciň che chiamiamo compensazione del 
rischio. Significa che chi usa i preservativi č convinto che siano piů 
efficaci di quanto realmente sono, finendo cosě per assumere maggiori rischi 
sessuali".
"Un altro fatto che č ampiamente trascurato - ha aggiunto - č che i 
preservativi sono usati in caso di sesso occasionale o a pagamento, ma non 
sono usati tra persone sposate o con il partner abituale. Perciň, una 
conseguenza dell'incremento nell'uso dei preservativi puň essere un aumento 
del sesso occasionale".

 del sesso occasionale".
grazie.
Hai fatto vera testimonianza :)
Devo dire che apprezzo molto il
fatto che esista un gruppo di discussione
fra cristiani di diversa confessione.
D'altra parte ci accomuna il comandamento dell'amore.
Sembra che questa parola "amore" abbia perso
il suo significato originale.
E il comandamento dell'amore non ha nessun significato
se separato dai dieci comandamenti.
Certo, se si parla di regole, si svuotano le chiese.
Ma le chiese non vivono in base agli "indici di ascolto"
ma sul fatto che chi è presente "ascolti".
E non c'è peggior sordo di chi non vuol sentire.
ciao
Massimo

 Studies, ha sostenuto che in merito ai profilattici "il Papa ha ragione".
Rethinking AIDS Prevention: Learning from Successes in Developing Countries 
(Praeger, 2003)
This is not another book about how AIDS is out of control in Africa and 
Third World nations, or one complaining about the inadequacy of secured 
funds to fight the pandemic. The author looks objectively at countries that 
have succeeded in reducing HIV infection rates...along with a worrisome flip 
side to the progress. ***The largely medical solutions funded by major 
donors have had little impact in Africa, the continent hardest hit by AIDS. 
Instead, relatively simple, low-cost behavioral change programs--stressing 
increased monogamy and delayed sexual activity for young people--have made 
the greatest headway in fighting or preventing the disease's spread.*** 
Ugandans pioneered these simple, sustainable interventions and achieved 
significant results. As National Review journalist Rod Dreher put it, 
"Rather than pay for clinics, gadgets and medical procedures--especially in 
the important earlier years of its response to the epidemic--Uganda 
mobilized human resources." In a New York Times interview, ***Green cited 
evidence that "partner reduction," promoted as mutual faithfulness, is the 
single most effective way of reducing the spread of AIDS.*** 

 del sesso occasionale".
Che e' un po' come dire che un maggior uso di cucchiai produca piu' 
minestra...spero si tratti di un errore di traduzione ;-)
L.

 Papa ha davvero ragione", ha spiegato il dott. Green.
Questa rassegna di commenti al suo libro č anche piů istruttiva
Rethinking AIDS Prevention Learning from Successes in Developing Countries
Edward C. Green
-Choice September 2004
This is not another book about how AIDS is out of control in Africa and 
Third World nations, or on complaining about the inadequacy of secured funds 
to fight the pandemic. The author looks objectively at countries that have 
succeeded in reducing HIV infection rates....along with a worrisome flip 
side to the progress....This book is a bellwether in the escalating 
controversy, offering persuasive evidence in support of the ABC approach and 
exposing the fallacies and motivations of its opponents.
-Global Health Council .
This is a book that tries to focus on those successes in AIDS prevention 
rather than the failures, even though the successes may not be as dramatic 
as one would hope in this stage of the pandemic. It is these successes that 
others in less developed countries can learn and hopefully be successful in 
their prevention efforts. The focus of this book is on heterosexual 
transmission of HIV in less-developed countries and on just sexually 
transmitted AIDS. Based on the findings that are reported in the book, it is 
reasonable that prevention programs should follow the ABCs: Abstain, Be 
faithful, or use Condoms if you cannot follow A or B. It is the C that is 
stressed the most with little resources going into A and B. More recently, 
the dependence on D (Drugs) has become the norm, resulting in the total 
disregard of A, B, and C....This is an excellent book that should be in all 
academic libraries.
-Aids Book Review Journal June 2004
If Green's analysis is correct, we are faced with a troubling paradox: while 
our technologically sophisticated system often operates at the margin of 
acceptable cost efficacy, halfway around the world, secular bias and 
biomedical fiscal power are responsible for discouraging and discrediting 
simple yet effective solutions, at the cost of millions of lives.
-JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association 2005
Rethinking AIDS Prevention is a brave book, critical yet hopeful, aiming to 
put HIV prevention firmly back on the global agenda. It has achieved this in 
record time by providing analysis that appeals to both sides of the 
political spectrum, with a genuine interest in Africa.
-The Lancet July 2004
[G]reen presents excellent evidence of the inadequacies of condom campaigns 
in Africa and successes of PBC in developing countries around the world....a 
compelling argument for both the health behavior specialist and the 
layperson in search of an alternative take on the behavioral potential to 
overcome high rates of HIV transmission. He mixes academic research with 
international articles and profiles in order to present a colorful, 
informative account of a topic too many other authors paint in redundant 
shades.
-African Studies Quarterly .
This is an important book that deserves to be widely read and pondered. It 
is important both because the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is an 
ongoing tragedy of colossal magnitude and because Edward Green is a member 
of President Bush's Advisory Commitee on HIV/AIDS at a time when the 
president has committed the United States to spending $15 billion on the 
fight against AIDS, much of this sum in Africa to facilitate the work of 
"faith-based organizations."....Green's book is llikely to be the major 
intellectual input into that policy, hence it's arguments should be taken 
very seriously.
-Population and Development Review March 2004
Long before the AIDS crisis, international health agencies were largely 
dedicated to distributing health-related commodities, including vaccines, 
antibiotics and contraceptives, in poor countries all over the world. This 
approach was rapidly embraced to deal with AIDS. But condoms were not 
commonly used in Africa, and people have been slow to adopt them. If only 
these experts properly understood African culture and indigenous concepts of 
sexuality, disease, danger and death, Green argues, the power of the Ugandan 
Zero Grazing campaign might have been recognized years ago.
-The New York Times June 13, 2004
The most important audience for this book is the Bush administration, which 
has pledged to spend $15 billion on AIDS prevention in Africa and the 
Caribbean, and which is now being prodded to hand over billions of this sum 
to the multinational AIDS establishment so thoroughly exposed in this book. 
If the administration heeds Green's message, it will not assume that the 
experts are experts, will not assume that the basic facts they cite are 
facts, and will not assume their good ill or even truthfulness. Africans 
will be better off for it. There is hope that this message will resonate.
-National Review 2004
For 20 years, American and international policymakers have emphasized condom 
use to prevent AIDS transmission. Now, Edward Green, who is a senior 
research scientist at the Harvard Center for Population and Development 
Studies, is asking health officials to rethink that approach, particularly 
in programs targeted at African countries where AIDS is rampant.
-Harvard Chapter of NOW January 9, 2004
Green's book persuasively argues for making faith-based organizations (FBOs) 
central to the worldwide assault on HIV/AIDS. Green argues that Western 
health agencies' largely antagonistic attitude toward religious 
organizations is counterproductive, particularly in areas where
-Focus on Family 2003
Endorsement From Dr. Michael R. Reich
Director, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
: Ted Green argues with evidence and experience for an AIDS prevention 
paradigm in Africa based on primary behavior change the ABC approach: 
abstinence, be faithful, and if not, use condoms. He shows that this 
approach works, as demonstrated by the case of Uganda, through locally 
driven, culturally appropriate, and politically acceptable strategies. 
Green's book challenges simple-minded approaches to AIDS prevention: it is 
essential reading for anyone seriously concerned about AIDS control in 
Africa.
Endorsement From Dr. Marc Mitchell
Harvard School of Public Health
: While the religious right "just say no" and the traditional left "just 
says condoms" the numbers of people dying from AIDS grows exponentially. 
Green's approach, based on his in depth analysis of the evidence from Uganda 
and elsewhere, is a refreshing and important challenge to rethink what 
really works in stemming this worldwide epidemic.
Endorsement From Tom Merrick
The World Bank Institute
: Rethinking AIDS Prevention is a readable but compelling account of how 
Uganda turned back its AIDS epidemic. It's a must-read for professionals and 
lay audiences who want to learn how and why the ABC approach to AIDS 
prevention works.
Endorsement From Rich Stearns
President, World Vision United States
: The implications of Edward C. Green's research are profound for global 
health policy in the midst of this, the greatest pandemic of all time. 
Shouldn't Africans have access to ALL of the facts about AIDS education and 
prevention? Green's analysis, demonstrating the efficacy of emphasizing 
abstinence and partner reduction, with condoms playing a secondary role 
(ABC), if heeded, might just save millions of lives over the next ten years.
Endorsement From Elaine M. Murphy, Ph.D.
Professor of Global Health
George Washington University School of Public Health: Green's Rethinking 
AIDS throws out the bath water but rescues the baby. He refuses to reject 
recommendations of abstinence and fidelity from religious conservatives 
simply because they come from this source. The world has been slow to catch 
on that the successful Uganda AIDS story is about abstinence, fidelity and 
for others, reducing dramatically their number of sexual partners. These are 
powerful epidemiologic strategies and once again, Green is a pioneer in 
bringing the story to a wide audience.
Endorsement From Amitai Etzioni
Author of My Brother's Keeper
: A truly remarkable book. If heeded it will save numerous lives. Honest to 
a fault. Well documented. Powerfully written. A credit to social science and 
policy analysis.
Endorsement From Dr. Vinand Nantulya
Senior Advisor to the Executive Director
The Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: In Rethinking AIDS 
Prevention, Ted Green shares with the reader his vast experiences in the 
study of sexual behavior, and argues a convincing case for fundamental 
sexual behavior change as the cornerstone for reducing HIV infections. This 
is compelling reading for all.
Endorsement From Joe McIlhaney, MD,
Chairman, The Medical Institute
author of "1001 Healthcare Questions Women Ask": Green's book is incredible. 
The author has done such a first rate job of putting data together in a 
logical and convincing way that I think it will impact AIDS prevention 
initiatives worldwide. As one who has written several books I know the hard 
work and agony that went into what the author has done. A job well done.