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New York Times Examines How Poverty Complicates Uganda's Focus on Abstinence in HIV/AIDS Fight

From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

August 18, 2003

The New York Times today examines how poverty among Ugandan youth makes it difficult for some young women to remain abstinent until marriage -- the government's recommended HIV/AIDS prevention strategy. For Ugandan girls who are heads of households or who seek higher education, commercial sex work presents one of few opportunities to make money. Although abstinence is a key element of the country's HIV/AIDS prevention strategy and many young girls have joined abstinence clubs at school, poverty "can weaken even those with the most resolve," according to the Times (Lacey, New York Times, 8/18). The complete article is available online.

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Reprinted with permission from kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/hiv. The Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of the Kaiser Family Foundation, by The Advisory Board Company. © 2003 by The Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


  
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This article was provided by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. It is a part of the publication Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report.
 
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