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Abstaining From Reality: U.S. Restrictions on HIV Prevention

Posted by Population Action International Jul 03, 2008

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Filmed in Kenya and Uganda, this short documentary provides a snapshot of the Bush administration's abstinence-only approach to HIV prevention as part of its global HIV/AIDS assistance. But according to many studies, including two recent reports from the General Accounting Office and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, we know that abstinence-only programs do not work. Abstaining from Reality examines how these ideologically-driven programs are actually endangering the lives of the people they're supposed to be protecting, while wasting hundreds of millions of dollars. Population Action International is working to achieve HIV policies that are culturally relevant, grounded in scientific evidence, and that successfully protect people worldwide from contracting this fatal disease. To support this critical effort with a donation online, please visit us at www.populationaction.org/donateonline

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