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Catholic Church's Opposition To Condom Use Contributes To Spread Of HIV In Latin America

The Roman Catholic Church's opposition to condom use is contributing to the spread of Human immunodeficiency virus. The virus that causes AIDS.  Two types of HIV are currently known: HIV-1 and HIV-2.  Worldwide, the predominant virus is HIV-1.  Both types of the virus may be transmitted by sexual contact, through blood, and from mother to child (either before or during birth, or through breast feeding), and they appear to cause clinically indistinguishable AIDS.  However, HIV-2 is less easily transmitted, and the period between initial infection and illness is longer in the case of HIV-2.

While some individuals experience mild HIV-related disease soon after initial infection, nearly all then remain well for years.  As the virus gradually damages their immune system, they begin to develop opportunistic infections of increasing severity, including diarrhoea, fever, tuberculosis, pneumonia, lymphoma and Kaposi's sarcoma."HIV in Latin America, according to Alberto Stella, UNAIDS coordinator for Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
"In Latin America, the use of condoms has been demonized, but if they were used in every relation, I guarantee the epidemic would be resolved in the region," Stella said.

He added that "The World Health Organization refers to those in the 15-24 age range as youth. youth start to be sexually active between 15 and 19 without "Basic education about reproductive processes, puberty, sexual behaviour, etc. Sex education may include other information, for example about contraception, protection from sexually transmitted infections and parenthood. sex education" a factor that contributes to the spread of HIV. In addition, evidence indicates that promoting abstinence is "not working," according to Stella.

About half of the 1.1 billion Catholics worldwide live in Latin America, and the Roman Catholic Church "holds sway" in the region. About 1.7 million people in Latin America are living with "Human immunodeficiency virus. The virus that causes AIDS.  Two types of HIV are currently known: HIV-1 and HIV-2.  Worldwide, the predominant virus is HIV-1.  Both types of the virus may be transmitted by sexual contact, through blood, and from mother to child (either before or during birth, or through breast feeding), and they appear to cause clinically indistinguishable AIDS.  However, HIV-2 is less easily transmitted, and the period between initial infection and illness is longer in the case of HIV-2.

While some individuals experience mild HIV-related disease soon after initial infection, nearly all then remain well for years.  As the virus gradually damages their immune system, they begin to develop opportunistic infections of increasing severity, including diarrhoea, fever, tuberculosis, pneumonia, lymphoma and Kaposi's sarcoma."HIV="Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The late stage of infection caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).  HIV steadily weakens the body's defence (immune) system until it can no longer fight off life-threatening illnesses.  These include infections such as pneumonia and certain cancers. The number of new HIV cases in the region increased to 410,000 in 2006 from 320,000 in 2004, according to UNAIDS.

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