HIV/AIDS Prevention

Africa: AIDS threatens to overwhelm Muslim nations

Published in AIDS Weekly, July 18th, 2005

A new report by the National Bureau of Asian Research, a think-tank based in Seattle in the U.S., suggests that HIV/AIDS is threatening to overwhelm many predominantly Muslim nations while their leaders remain "in a state of denial".

In one of the most comprehensive AIDS studies on Islamic nations - including those in northern Africa - lead researchers Laura Kelley and Nicholas Eberstadt warn of serious repercussions that could deprive these countries of some of their best, brightest and most economically productive members, reported the UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN; www.irin.org).

They charge that governments are still slow to...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2005-07-18)

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