Africa AIDS Conference concerned about the "high risk"
December 8, 2008 22:28:34 Source: Xinhua

     Xinhua Dakar on December 7 Xinhua Roundup: Africa AIDS Conference concerned about the "high risk"

     Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Shun

     The 15th African International Conference on AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (referred to as the African AIDS Conference) on the 7th in Dakar, Senegal closing, 6 more than a thousand participants reached an important consensus on the need to homosexual and bisexual as well as "work
"AIDS and so on as a" high risk ", as they will be the focus of AIDS prevention and treatment.

     The current President of the General Assembly Suleiman bupropion Man Mu pointed out that the above-mentioned high-risk groups in high HIV prevalence and incidence of AIDS in Africa, there is an increasing trend to continue, Africa must face up to this reality, from a legal policy, moral values, Social practices, survey and control, and other aspects of public education in this part of the people to carry out an in-depth and active in the fight against AIDS.

     Mubu Pu said that 53 African countries are still 38 to homosexuality as an offense to justice and homosexuals. For example, in Cameroon, there were 11 homosexuals into the custody monitoring for one year, one of the Mungo名叫阿里姆Albrecht of AIDS due to the interruption of treatment, was released in a few days after the death. In Senegal, although the government has included in the national gay anti-AIDS program, but homosexuality is still illegal, has also recently occurred in a number of gay people have been forced to flee Zhuida events, but the homosexuals infected with HIV had no choice but to give up Treatment, choice of hiding.

     Mu Bupu also pointed out that not disclose their sexual orientation of gay and heterosexual sexual relations also exist, and some are even married. For example, Mali 80% of gay men and bisexuals is. Due to social, religious and cultural factors, discrimination and exclusion of the majority of Africans account for a small number of homosexuals, and the result is not only an increase of homosexual groups in the risk of HIV infection, but also further harm to the majority of other people's health.

     According to UNAIDS statistics show that sub-Saharan Africa remains the hardest hit AIDS, the number of HIV carriers accounting for 67% of the world, but only 31% receive anti-HIV treatment, AIDS deaths in the region accounted for 72% of the world . In West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire HIV infection rates as high as 4.7 percent, the most in the region, which accounts for homosexuality on 80%; Mali gay HIV infection rate of 37%, the national infection rate was only 1. 3%; Senegal gay HIV infection rate of 21.5 percent, the national infection rate of only 0.7 percent.

     5-day meeting, some from Africa and other parts of the homosexual HIV-infected people also came to the meeting, called for "vulnerable populations" in the fight against AIDS, called on the whole society is concerned about their situation, in order to homosexual AIDS HIV and AIDS patients to "open" to treatment, to contain the spread of AIDS.

     In addition, the General Assembly on how to more effectively manage the "sex workers" and reduction of HIV transmission were discussed that should be legal, regulatory, health care and education to guard against crimes.

     The General Assembly stressed that the prevention of AIDS is another priority. 6, from Morocco, Mali and Rwanda, countries such as the First Lady called on African countries agreed to focus on the fight against AIDS prevention. Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade in Dakar also suggested that in the near future to convene a special General Assembly of the African AIDS prevention.