{"id":54,"date":"2005-09-30T13:01:15","date_gmt":"2005-09-30T18:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/politicshiv\/2005\/09\/30\/epidemiologic-primer-museveni-con"},"modified":"2005-09-30T13:01:15","modified_gmt":"2005-09-30T18:01:15","slug":"epidemiologic-primer-museveni-confuses-cause-with-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/politicshiv\/2005\/09\/30\/epidemiologic-primer-museveni-confuses-cause-with-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Epidemiologic primer: Museveni confuses cause with effect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From the KaiserNetwork<\/a> | Some Health Workers Criticize Ugandan President’s Comments About Condoms, HIV Prevalence, Washington Post Reports<\/div>\n

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Recent statements by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni that the
\ncountry’s HIV prevalence rate increased with wider access to condoms
\nhave “raised some brows” among health professionals, the Washington Post<\/a>
\nreports. When Uganda’s HIV\/AIDS prevention efforts began in the 1980s
\nand condoms became more widely available, the country’s HIV prevalence
\nincreased, Museveni told the Post ast week. He added
\nthat the recent decrease in Uganda’s prevalence is the result of the
\ncountry’s efforts to promote abstinence, according to the Post.
\n“The correct approach is ABC,” Museveni said, referring to the “ABC”
\nHIV prevention method — which stands for abstinence, be faithful and
\nuse condoms. He added, “Abstain. If you cannot do the first, try for
\nthe second, and only as a last resort, go for the third. If you don’t
\nhave a condom, why should you commit suicide?” However, Nelson Musoba
\n— a Ugandan physician and head of the Action Group for Health, Human
\nRights and HIV\/AIDS — said the decrease in Uganda’s HIV prevalence
\ncannot be attributed to “one single strategy or cause.” He added that
\nUganda’s government has been successful in “laying down a good plan,
\nstrategy and health policy. … Abstinence has helped, and so has the
\nopen discussion promoted in schools via the printed word and
\naudiovisual materials, as has the availability of condoms.” Uganda’s
\nHIV prevalence has decreased from 33% to 7% this year, according to
\nMusoba, who also works as a consultant to the country’s Ministry of Health<\/a>
\nand is in Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress to approve $600 million
\nto help fight HIV\/AIDS, according to the Post (Boustany, Washington
\nPost, 9\/30). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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