Pope Benedict says that condoms can be used to stop the spread of HIV

[cobraKing]

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krn nlng cla nag pakabana sa condom na sauna rman ni na imbinto..

[reypel]

pro life members should condemn the pope for supporting the usage of condom. it is as if he allowed prostitution to prosper. pro naa ba ngprotesta? pro life people should follow what the teaching is and not to be persuaded by what the church leadership is spreading. this is a test to prolife groups if m.allow ra pud cla then it clearly says that they are not stong on their stand.

[Dark-Knight]

Maglisod na ug protest ang mga pro-life sa statement sa Pope kay mao gud na pinaka-influencial sa Catholic. So mura lisod jud na mo-abot na sa point i-condemn nila ang Pope.

[sharkey360]

I hope there won't be any violent events or casualties out there in public.

[jrconde]

for me lng ha, any object is walay sala, ang tao ra jud ang sala. ngano sad-an man nila ang condom na nag depende naman sa tao pag gamit. kung ang gi point lng jud sa pope na dili jud mag gamit sa condom bisan for protection sa AIDS/HIV, aw dili jud unta mag lalis krn. ngano diay kung dili nlng mag ****? dili jud mukatag ang AIDS/HIV diba.

[AmorsoloX]

kaluoy pud sa pope oi.. anytime soon. somebody will start calling him the anti-christ.. tsk tsk tsk..

[hush232002]

kaluoy pud sa pope oi.. anytime soon. somebody will start calling him the anti-christ.. tsk tsk tsk..

please state your reasons why...

[mannyamador]

Condom programs will not lower the incidence in AIDS/HIV cases and may in fact increase it

In 2004, Dr. Rene Josef Bullecer, Director of AIDS-Free Philippines and Executive Director of Human Life International (HLI) Visayas-Mindanao, observed that:

"The discrepancy in the infection rates between the two countries, Thailand with severe
condom-oriented programs and the Philippines without, has continued and only grown wider.
As of August 2003 there were 899,000 HIV/AIDS cases documented in Thailand and
approximately 125,000 deaths attributed to the disease. These numbers are many times those
projected by the WHO (60,000-80,000 cases) in 1991.

These numbers contrast sharply with those of the Philippines where, as of September 30, 2003,
there were 1,946 AIDS cases resulting in 260 deaths. This is only a mere fraction of the number
of cases (80,000-90,000) that the WHO projected would be reached by 2000."[1]

The huge discrepancy continues, with Thailand having 610,000 [low estimate: 410 000; high estimate: 880,000] people living with HIV and death according to the UNAIDS/WHO. In contrast, the Philippines has only 8,300 [low: 6,000; high: 11,000] persons living with HIV. The numbers are even more striking considering that the Philippines has a much larger population than Thailand.[2]

There is also more evidence from other countries that questions the effectiveness of condoms in the fight against HIV/AIDS. A study in Uganda by Kajubi et al. (2005) concluded that condoms were not effective at lowering HIV infections: "In this study, gains in condom use seem to have been offset by increases in the number of *** partners. Prevention interventions in generalized epidemics need to promote all aspects of sexual risk reduction to slow HIV transmission."[3]

Dr Edward Green of the Harvard AIDS Prevention Research Project, in his book Rethinking AIDS Prevention: Learning from Successes in Developing Countries, contested the efficacy of condoms and HIV counseling and testing, the preferred prevention strategies of Western donor nations and the U.N. Green said:

"The largely medical solutions funded by major donors have had little impact in Africa, the
continent hardest hit by AIDS. Instead, relatively simple, low-cost behavioral change
programs--stressing increased monogamy and delayed sexual activity for young people--have
made the greatest headway in fighting or preventing the disease's spread. Ugandans pioneered
these simple, sustainable interventions and achieved significant results."[4]

Tim Allen and Suzette Heald, in a comparison of AIDS policy in Uganda and Botswana, also noted:

"Promotion of condoms at an early stage proved to be counter-productive in Botswana, whereas
the lack of condom promotion during the 1980s and early 1990s contributed to the relative
success of behaviour change strategies in Uganda."[5]

NOTES:

1. Rene Josef Bullecer, "Telling the Truth: AIDS Rates for Thailand and the Philippines," cited in "Family values
   versus Safe ***," Population Research Institute, PRI Review, 29 November, 1999, available online at
   http://www.pop.org/00000000207/famil...es-vs-safe-***.
2. UNAIDS/WHO Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV and AIDS, 2008 Update: Core data on epidemiology and
   response, UNAIDS/WHO Working Group on Global HIV/AIDS and STI Surveillance, December 2008.
3. Kajubi, et al., "Increasing Condom Use Without Reducing HIV Risk: Results of a Controlled Community Trial
   in Uganda," Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Volume 40, Number 1, September 1 2005,
   abstract available at High CD4+ T-Cell Surface CXCR4 Density as a Risk Factor for... : JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
   year=2005&issue=09010&article=00013&type=abstract
4. Edward Green, Rethinking AIDS Prevention: Learning from Successes in Developing Countries, (2003).
5. Tim Allen and Suzette Heald, "HIV/AIDS Policy in Africa: What has Worked in Uganda and what has Failed in
   Botswana?", Journal of International Development, November 2004, Volume 16, Issue 8, pp. 1141-1154.

[kit_cebu]

^here goes this guy................

[AmorsoloX]

i really hate to read BS in the forms of opinions from self-proclaimed experts and unverifiable statistics or quotes from some supposedly holy writings...

why complicate things when reality is staring right in your face..

keep it simple, keep it real...