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Titolo: Chiesa cattolica e AIDS

In soldoni, l'articolo sotto (che purtroppo non ho tempo di tradurre),
dice che uno studio Kenyota sulla diffusione dell'infezione HIV
conclude che uno dei principali responsabili e' la
chiesa cattolica, e la sua opposizione
agli anticoncezionali (in Africa rigorosamente
rinforzata a suon di prediche stile "se lo fate andate all'inferno).
Le aree dominate dalla chiesa cattolica (dove l'uso dei preservativi
e' inesistente o quasi),sono quasi sempre quelle
dove l'infezione e' piu' diffusa, e la maggior parte degli infetti
sono cattolici che non usano preservativi.
Commenti?
Catholic Church Blamed Over AIDS Spread
Panafrican News Agency
July 12, 2000
by Tervil Okoko
NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA)- The Catholic Church has come under heavy attack
for discouraging the use of condoms in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Addressing a development forum in Nairobi Tuesday, the technical
advisor for the National AIDS Control Council, Dr. Sobie Mulindi,
incensed the audience, mainly composed of the youth, when he alleged
the majority of those infected with the virus were Catholics who do
not use condoms.
Mulindi said statistics by council show that Catholic dominated areas
had the highest rate of infection. He gave the examples of eastern
Uganda, Rwanda, and Western and Nyanza provinces of Kenya, as Catholic
dominated regions with the highest numbers of people living HIV/AIDS
infections.
The forum, organised by German Institutions resident in Kenya, also
discussed the HIV/AIDS problem and the youth, and how to cushion the
youth from further damage by the pandemic.
There was a light moment when the co-ordinator of the Greenbelt
Movement (an environmental concern), Prof. Wangari Maathai, told the
forum that in the wake of rising AIDS-related deaths, people should
consider burying the dead in cloth wrappers, the Muslim way.
She said the traditional way of using coffins only helped to deplete
forests, as more trees would have to be cut to get wood for making
them.
Mulindi's views sparked some protests from the audience, with
Maximillia Muninzwa, a former co-ordinator of the National Family Life
Programme of the Catholic secretariat, saying it is necessary to
address the real issues instead of apportioning blame for the spread
of HIV/AIDS.
Muninzwa, however, stood her ground and that of her church on condoms;
saying condoms were not like sweets that can be openly promoted to
counter the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Advocating for abstinence as a solution, she blamed the fast spread of
HIV/AIDS in Africa on poverty, lack of sufficient information,
unemployment among the youth and socio-cultural environments that
would promote irresponsible sexual behaviour.
Mulindi countered her campaign for abstinence, saying: "Abstinence
does not exist in a vacuum. Ours is a corrupt society and people would
always want to cut corners to engage in immoral acts. The way we
behave during our day to day chores is also the same way we behave
sexually."
Quoting the council's statistics, Mulindi said behaviour change
campaign and condom use has contributed to the reduction of infection
rate in the Kenya's Western and Nyanza provinces.
The two provinces are currently leading in the number of people living
with HIV/AIDS in Kenya.
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 Commenti?
L'articolo e' senza dubbio *sensazionale*......ma, come
tanti articoli *tendenziosi*.... lascia il tempo che trova..
Cosa ne pensi di AIDS = Apartheid?
Piermaerio

Pietro, trovami allora un articolo non tendenzios al mondo, dai...
Silvestro
Pietro Mario ha scritto nel messaggio ...
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