Israel health minister bans AIDS campaign promoting condoms

Could Condoms Stop the AIDS Epidemic?

Although therapeutic treatment strategies appear promising for retarding the progression of HIV-related diseases, prevention remains the most effective strategy against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This paper focuses on the effect of condom use as a single-strategy approach in HIV prevention in the absence of any treatment. There are two primary factors in the use of condoms to halt the HIV/AIDS epid...

Public Health Advocates Say Campaign t Disparage Condoms Threatens STD Prevention

Congress initiated a new strategy to further their moral agenda of promoting abstinence outside of marriage as official government policy— claiming that condoms do not protect against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Led by then-Rep. Tom Coburn (R-OK), a physician and staunch proabstinence opponent of government-funded family planning programs, they were successful in attaching an amendmen...

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