Monday, July 04, 2005

Fundamentalism seen hurting AIDS effort

Fundamentalism seen hurting AIDS effort
(The Japan Times)
In the U.S., the past several years have seen much funding for AIDS prevention go to groups with a fundamentalist Christian agenda that emphasizes abstaining from homosexual or drug activities. Governments of other countries like India have faced pressure from fundamentalist Hindu and Muslim groups to curb the availability of condoms and to stop assistance policies for those affected by the epidemic.

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