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AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Pope's Claim That Condoms Fuel AIDS Epidemic is Misguided, Says AHF
April 3rd, 2009
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today admonished the Pope for his claim that condoms were not a solution to the AIDS epidemic, but were instead part of the problem. In remarks to a group of reporters en route to Africa for Pope Benedict’s first official visit to the continent since his elevation to the Papacy, Pope Benedict said that AIDS, “…is a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, and that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems." “The Pope should be offering constructive real world solutions to the global AIDS epidemic and not distracting us from the single most effective prevention tool we have today:...
Source: Health Business Week (2009-04-03)
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