The World is Fighting Against AIDS with Abstinence and Fidelity!
Clemente Ferrer
According to BBC in East Africa, the President of Kenya
declared AIDS to be a serious threat for the survival of his country. However, he asserted that the Government will not promote the use of condoms
because they further favor the spread of the epidemic that has caused the death of more than 700,000 victims in Kenya alone.
According to
Kenya’s Ministry of Health, about 700 Kenyans die from AIDS on a daily basis, while about 2.2 million – out of a 30 million population
– are infected with the virus.
The President further stated that the death penalty should be applied to those who infect others while
knowing they are already infected themselves. This threat is aimed at curtailing such fatal practice, which is carried out by many Kenyans who
transmit the virus to young and vulnerable women that are impeded by their own culture from refusing sexual relations when a man demands it from her.
Moreover, Niger launched a campaign against AIDS that focuses on fidelity within marriage. On that note, Guatemala’s AIDS National
Program warned that the “epidemic of the century” has transformed into a principal disease of heterosexual males; therefore, the only
preventive and effective solution is marital fidelity.
The U.S. Senate of New Jersey ratified a law demanding professors to emphasize that
abstinence is the only reliable method for preventing AIDS, any other sexual transmitted disease, and unwanted pregnancies.
The president of
the New York Family Research Council asserts that raising awareness programs for abstinence require trusting adolescents to a certain degree, while
contraceptive programs await the worst from them. Abstinence programs require investment and energy, while contraceptive programs promise and offer a
rapid technical solution to the problem.
The Chinese Government banned the advertising of condoms after the release of a television commercial
on AIDS. According to the Commerce and Industry Administration’s Department of Advertising, the Advertising Law prohibits products that relate
to sex from being the subject-matter of any type of propaganda.
At a global summit, Ministries of Health worldwide agreed that actions aimed
at the prevention of AIDS must respect: human and spiritual values, human rights, and human dignity (Article translated by Gianna A. Sánchez
Moretti).
Author and journalist Clemente Ferrer has led a distinguished career in Spain in the fields of publicity and press relations. He is
currently President of the European Institute of Marketing.
clementeferrer3@gmail.com
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