Re: Going Overboard on HIV Activism?

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Dear Dr. Mathews,

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The statistics are clear: more than 80 per cent of the women living today with

HIV or on ART to prevent any AIDS related diseases in India have reported only

ONE partner -- their husbands!

More than two decades into the epidemic, nearly 70 per cent of the infections

are still among males or men.

The conclusion is clear: it is the human male who is the vector both in the

transmission of HIV and also the most infected of the two sexes.

Hence they are a distinct danger to the female of the species or women.

I do not see any harm in Renuka Chadhary pointing this out to make it clear who

is the more dangerous of the species just as Dr.Ross had pointed out in the

19th century that the female anopheles mosquito was the main vector in

transmssion of the malaria germ.

If you are a chauvinist or a male who is insensitive to the problems of women

then you can deny this logic.

Otherwise agree with the venerable Minister, irritating and blunt though she is.

warm regards

Ashok Row kavi

MSM/TG desk

UNAIDS, Delhi

E-MAIL: <arowkavi@...>