Posted on 12/17/2016 4:14:20 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
Washington spent more than $1 billion telling people in 14 African countries not to have sex before they get married. It didn’t work
Over the past 15 years the U.S. has spent $1.4 billion promoting abstinence before marriage as a way of preventing HIV in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Unfortunately, according to the most comprehensive, independent study conducted to date of the effort, the money was pretty much wasted.
A rigorous comparison of national data from countries that received abstinence funding under the 2003 U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) with those that had not showed no difference in the age of first sexual experience, number of sexual partners or teenage pregnancies—all aspects of behaviors that have been linked to a higher risk of becoming infected with HIV.
Instead, the study showed, the single most important factor associated with lower levels of risky behavior was the number of years women remained in school.
Other efforts that have proved effective in slowing the spread of HIV include treating the infection in pregnant women so they do not pass the virus on to their newborns.
So why did PEPFAR spend so much money on abstinence programs? That was Congress’s idea. Responding to pressure from religious conservatives, the legislature mandated in 2003 that at least a third of PEPFAR’s prevention budget be spent on telling people to refrain from sex before marriage. That specific requirement was dropped in the 2008 bill that reauthorized the program and PEPFAR has spent progressively less money on abstinence education over the intervening years.
Still, the study’s authors point out, PEPFAR allocated $45 million to abstinence education in 2013. “There is a big opportunity cost there,” Lo says. “It’s not necessarily a benign expenditure.”...
Although the latest findings about PEPFAR’s prevention efforts are disappointing—if not infuriating—its treatment programs have been entirely more successful. A previous study by Bendavid in 2009 and another in 2012 showed that the government initiative has saved at least a million lives by making anti-HIV medications more widely available for those who need them.
Ping.
How many Africans, or so called Afro-Americans have ever gone back to Africa to help their own people?
What? None, you say?
Why not?
Being generous here: Perhaps 1/100 of 1% ?
Can’t think of a one. Not a single one. It’s always liberal musicians or Hollywood types that donate and raise money for the diseases.
Most Blacks in America would be horrified to go to tour some of the cities and the rural areas. They would thank their lucky stars that they live in the USA. Truly they have no idea. Trading places would be a very bad deal for most AA Americans.
Africans generally do not like Americans, no matter what their skin color.
I'd guess about as many as the ones that work hard to help inner city feral youth develop ambition and an interest in making something of themselves.
It seems like the BILLIONAIRES that got rich off entertainment would spend a few bucks and take a little time trying to make a positive change in the ghetto.
Why is our government bothering with Africans’ sex lives when they don’t want to listen? If they want to kill themselves with AIDS, back off.
Democrat Vice President William Rufus DeVane King aka “Miss Nancy” (Mar-Apr 1853), lover of future President James Buchanan aka “Aunt Fancy”, was the first American to die of AIDS.
Wikipedia says “tuberculosis”, yeah right.
Interesting theory. Hmmm.
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