Its minister’s party slams her but NACO speaks up for Khushboo

November 25, 2005

Its minister's party slams her but NACO speaks up for Khushboo

Reaction to actor remark worries NACO chief Rao

TOUFIQ RASHID

Posted online: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at 0201 hours IST

NEW DELHI, NOV 21: If Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss's party PMK

has taken the lead in targeting Khushboo for her remarks on pre-

marital sex, support for the film actress has come from an

organisation under his own ministry.

National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) Director General Sujatha

Rao, speaking today at the launch of the Global AIDS epidemic report

by UNAIDS, said the reaction to Khushboo's remark can have a

negative impact on the AIDS awareness programme.

``The controversy over Khushboo's comments on pre-marital sex makes

me very worried. We need to be prepared on these issues which are

very central to contain HIV/AIDS. Some surveys show that one in five

men have extra-marital sex while only 25 per cent of these use

condoms. Another survey shows that 30 per cent of youth have

experimented with pre-marital sex. Besides, Khushboo only talked of

safe sex,'' Rao said.

UNAIDS Executive Director Piot said difficult issues like

homosexuality and sex outside marriage need to be addressed.

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