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Re “Saving south Sac” by Sena Christian (SN&R Frontlines, November 19):
Joany Titherington, president of the Oak Park Neighborhood Association, seems to think that the neighborhood is unfairly stigmatized, and that “it really isn’t that way anymore.”
I live in Oak Park. My 10-year-old daughter came in the room to tell me there were people outside screaming “F” and “B” words. I sent my boyfriend outside, who informed me that at least 50 people were jumping on one girl right in front of my house; one even jumped on my car to scream and yell.
Drug dealers, addicts and alcoholics, prostitutes and general rowdiness rule the neighborhoods ’round here. I don’t know where you live, Joany, but it really is that way still.

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She said at least 70,000 of the city’s 500,000 residents are considered to be in a high-risk group for the disease.
Sri
said in the past, the red-light district had been concentrated in one
area. But, she said, new prostitution centers had recently sprouted up
across a broad area, such as a burgeoning red light district in the
northern part of the city, known as Jalak Alley in Gilingan.
Sri
said prostitution was rife across the city, with many places using
legitimate businesses as a front. She said many massage parlors,
billiard halls and brothels operating in private homes had cropped up.
Sri said the decentralized sex trade was far more difficult for
authorities to monitor and was a barrier for the city’s efforts, such
as ensuring condoms are readily available, to fight the spread of
HIV/AIDS.

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The findings of the modes of transmission study conducted last year indicates that the incidence of HIV is rising especially among married couples aged 30-40.
The study indicates that 44% of new infections were among persons involved in multiple sexual partnerships (that is, those reporting two or more partners), including their regular partners, and about 11% were related to sex work.
Multiple partnerships, which is regarded as a “common phenomenon” in Uganda, is one of the reasons HIV prevalence is now highest in the older, married populations, a group that is currently not the target of prevention programmes.
Multiple Concurrent Partner (MCP) means that a man or woman has more than one sexual partner at the same time. The partners can overlap for weeks, months or years.These relationships have many names, including; “away games,” “balanced diet,” “side dish,” “pre-testing”, “spare tyre”, “left hand”, “suitcase”, “side mirror”, “extra time”, “panadol”, and “take-away”. This is regarded as a common practice in Africa where a man can have as many women, besides his marital wife.

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Higham presents startling evidence that the AIDS virus may have existed prior to 1981, when the virus first had been reported in the media. The mysterious death of a British soldier in 1959 may have been the first AIDS casualty, according to the Panache Report site. The soldier’s blood was frozen for laboratory storage. Years later when scientists analyzed that frozen blood sample, it tested positive for HIV.
In the 1960’s, according to the Panache Report site, a black male prostitute, from in St. Louis, died of mysterious ailments, the doctors were baffled and decided to store his blood and organs. Years later, the organs and blood tested positive for HIV. For further research, see the book, Howard Hughes, The Secret Life, by Charles Higham. You also can browse the book at that Google Book site.

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Another barrier is the anti-prostitution pledge –
a requirement that organizations receiving U.S. funds publicly state their opposition to prostitution in order to continue their work fighting HIV/AIDS. The Department of Justice in July temporarily withdrew its appeal of a court injunction prohibiting enforcement of the pledge – a welcome action that should be accompanied by clear guidelines upholding the free speech rights of organizations.
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The global community through the U.N. and other forums clearly speaks out against laws and policies that further stigma and violate rights of people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS Family planning and gender considerations are integral aspects of the program guidance PEPFAR managers send to and use in the field. The Global Health Initiative is robustly funded and has clear mandates on RH-HIV integration. Congress and the Obama Administration permanently put to rest the Anti-Prostitution pledge and Global Gag Rule.

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Housewives, addicts told to take HIV test
The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Wed, 12/02/2009 10:20 AM  |  National
Citing the increasing number of people becoming infected with HIV, the Health Ministry has recommended that people in high-risk groups get tested for the virus immediately.
The Health Ministry’s AIDS campaign officer, Hariadi Wisnu Wardana, said Tuesday he urged housewives and drug abusers — two population groups who he claimed are mostly ignorant about and highly prone to HIV infection — to take the test as soon as possible.
Hariadi said prostitutes and homosexual men were better protected against HIV because they realized that they could be infected with the virus anytime. He claimed this despite the fact that HIV prevalence rates for sex workers is significantly higher than for housewives.

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The most advanced stage of HIV infection is Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It can take 10-15 years for an HIV-infected person to develop AIDS. AIDS is the end-stage of HIV infection usually person dies in 6 months. There is no specific treatment of AIDS; however, antiretroviral drugs can slow down the progress.
This years World AIDS Day observation is based on the theme, Universal Access and Human Rights. The idea is to ensure availability of HIV/AIDS services to all those in need and to protect the human rights of those who are infected with the virus, as well as families affected by it. The day seeks to prevent, reduce, and eliminate HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination and bring about positive behaviour change in individuals, especially among youth.
High Risk groups are: male homosexuals and bisexuals, prostitutes, IV drug abusers, transfusion recipients of blood and blood products, clients of sexually transmitted infections, prisoners and males having sex with males (MSM).

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The next phase of the pandemic is well underway in South Africa – despite President Zuma’s pledged, on World AIDS Day, to undergo an HIV test in an attempt to overcome past political inertia. This is a step in the right direction for Zuma. As ex-deputy president he said he showered after sex with an HIV-positive woman as the believed this would reduce his risk infection. In his AIDS Day speech Zuma said all HIV-positive South African babies under the age of one will receive anti-retroviral drugs as part of a huge expansion of treatment. But entire families are affected and, as Ruxin explained, “when it destroys the fabric of society it improves the ground for cultivating the next wave of the epidemic.” When both parents die in a country that is unable to provide an infrastructure, education, and jobs orphaned children turn to whatever it takes to survive, including sex work. Or towards dangerous sexual relationships that offer other benefits such as school fees. This is also common in Uganda.

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Reena, a PT Foundation programme coordinator who has lived with HIV for 15 years, says the police make it very difficult for NGOs to carry out condom distribution programmes. Carrying more than two condoms is used as evidence that the person is a sex worker, she explains.
“I’ve been scolded before (by PT Foundation clients) for distributing condoms. A half hour after my client accepted the condom from us, she was arrested and charged because she had a condom. She had to pay a fine of RM3,000. How could she pay that amount when she only earns enough to survive for the day?” Reena says.
Reena and others were speaking at a media sensitisation workshop organised by the Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC) on 30 Nov 2009. The workshop was held in conjunction with World AIDS Day which falls on 1 Dec.
Manimalar, a 30-year-old sex worker, testifies of personally encountering such problems with the police.

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Just three months on the job, Parvati mistakenly applies eye-shadow to her lips.  An older sex worker chides her for the make-up blunder.
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Parvati was taught about condoms one month ago when another sex worker brought her to the community center in greater Bangalore.  She is now one of the 4,500 sex workers who live by the slogan  “No Condom, No Sex.” 
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Peer educator Jaya Srinivashan has been a sex worker for the past 25 years. The single mother got infected with HIV from her husband who died in 2000. She wasn’t tested until five years after his death. During that time she did not use condoms and believes she may have spread the virus to hundreds of people. She keeps her sickness a secret in fear she will lose her job.

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