AIDS and Prostitution in Muslim World

Bismillah,

It would be very difficult to do a comparative study because of the lack of information gathering done in some countries.

Brother Salman,

It is important to you and your life and your families life that you understand that men can get these diseases and not know that they have them.  There are diseases that barely harm a man so that he might not know he has a problem, but will destroy his wife's personal health, possibly killing her, and can make it much harder of even impossible to bear children.  And then the children can get the disease through childbirth.  People can contract these diseases through kissing and through the touching of the skin without intercourse.

The point the brother is making is that if people don't know there is a problem with sexually transmitted infections and/or diseases, then the problem will definitely worsen.  In the west we are educated because people openly have affairs.  In conservative countries, when people do not get educated, innocent people become infected and harmed.

The point is that we need to care for each other as Muslims and Allah, SWT's, humanity endlessly and with constant patience.  Let's learn from each other.  ISA, khayr.

India's National AIDS Control Organization Reports 72,000 New HIV Cases In 2005

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There were 72,000 new reported HIV cases in India in 2005, increasing the total number of HIV-positive adults living in the country to more than 5.2 million, according to a report released on Monday by India's National AIDS Control Organization, AFP/Yahoo! News reports (AFP/Yahoo! News, 4/24). NACO Director-General K. Sujatha Rao on Sunday said adult HIV prevalence in India -- where 90% of HIV-positive people are unaware of their status -- now is estimated at 0.91%. More than 38% of the country's HIV-positive people are women, and more than 57% come from rural areas (Times of India, 4/24). The number of HIV-positive people living in India is second only to South Africa, where as many as 6 million people are infected. According to NACO, India is focusing on high-risk populations to control the spread of the virus (AFP/Yahoo! News, 4/24). Nearly 70% of the country's HIV cases come from six of the 28 states -- Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu. Some international health experts have said NACO has underestimated the number of HIV cases in India, Dow Jones reports (Dow Jones Newswires, 4/23). NACO last year reported 28,000 new HIV cases in India in 2004, compared with 520,000 new cases in 2003, a nearly 95% decrease. The data were collected using UNAIDS and World Health Organization recommendations, but some HIV/AIDS advocates in the country disputed the numbers because no nongovernmental organizations that work with HIV-positive people registered a corresponding drop in new demand for services (Kaiser Daily Women's HIV/AIDS Report, 7/12/05). Rao said that NACO plans to increase the number of HIV surveillance centers from 750 to 1,150 by next year, adding that a study estimating HIV/AIDS-related mortality is expected to be released by the Indian Council of Medical Research in two months (PTI/Sify, 4/23). "We feel that the next five years are very critical (for India) because once the epidemic gets into the general population, into rural areas, it would become very difficult to contain it," Rao said (Sharma, Associated Press, 4/23).

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Salam/Peace

Yes all religion prohibite "prostitution", one of the most media that causing AIDS transmission. But always there is bad apples. The following aid cases ranking based on countries from 2 sources:

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http://www.geographyiq.com/ranking/ranking_HIV_AIDS_People_l iving_with_HIV_AIDS_dall.htm

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS (All Descending)

Rank Country Value / Unit 1. South Africa 5,300,000 2. India 3,970,000 3. Nigeria 3,600,000 4. Zimbabwe 2,300,000 5. Zambia 1,800,000 6. Tanzania 1,600,000 7. Ethiopia 1,500,000 8. Mozambique 1,300,000 9. Kenya 1,200,000 10. Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,100,000 11. United States 950,000 12. Malawi 900,000 13. China 840,000 14. Russia 700,000 15. Brazil 660,000 16. Uganda 600,000 17. Cote d'Ivoire 570,000   Thailand 570,000 19. Cameroon 560,000 20. Sudan 450,000 21. Botswana 350,000   Ghana 350,000 23. Burma 330,000 24. Lesotho 320,000 25. Burkina Faso 300,000 26. Haiti 280,000 27. Central African Republic 260,000 28. Burundi 250,000   Rwanda 250,000   Ukraine 250,000 31. Angola 240,000 32. Swaziland 220,000 CIA Website: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2156r ank.html Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list. Rank Country HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS Date of Information 1 South Africa 5,300,000 2003 est. 2 India 5,100,000 2001 est. 3 Nigeria 3,600,000 2003 est. 4 Zimbabwe 1,800,000 2001 est. 5 Tanzania 1,600,000 2003 est. 6 Ethiopia 1,500,000 2003 est. 7 Mozambique 1,300,000 2003 est. 8 Kenya 1,200,000 2003 est. 9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,100,000 2003 est. 10 United States 950,000 2003 est. 11 Zambia 920,000 2003 est. 12 Malawi 900,000 2003 est. 13 Russia 860,000 2001 est. 14 China 840,000 2003 est. 15 Brazil 660,000 2003 est. 16 Cote d'Ivoire 570,000 2003 est. 17 Thailand 570,000 2003 est. 18 Cameroon 560,000 2003 est. 19 Uganda 530,000 2001 est. 20 Sudan 400,000 2001 est.

Don't worry the Indian percentage is not that high:
http://www.geographyiq.com/ranking/ranking_HIV_AIDS_Adult_Pr evalence_rate_dall.htm

Rank	Country	Value /	Unit
1.	Swaziland	38.80	%
2.	Botswana	37.30	%
3.	Zimbabwe	33.70	%
4.	Lesotho	28.90	%
5.	South Africa	21.50	%
6.	Namibia	21.30	%
7.	Zambia	16.50	%
8.	Malawi	14.20	%
9.	Central African Republic	13.50	%
10.	Mozambique	12.20	%
11.	Guinea-Bissau	10.00	%
12.	Tanzania	8.80	%
13.	Gabon	8.10	%
14.	Cote d'Ivoire	7.00	%
	Sierra Leone	7.00	%
16.	Cameroon	6.90	%
17.	Kenya	6.70	%
18.	Burundi	6.00	%
19.	Liberia	5.90	%
20.	Haiti	5.60	%
21.	Nigeria	5.40	%
22.	Rwanda	5.10	%
23.	Congo, Republic of the	4.90	%
24.	Chad	4.80	%
25.	Ethiopia	4.40	%
26.	Burkina Faso	4.20	%
	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4.20	%
28.	Togo	4.10	%
	Uganda	4.10	%
30.	Angola	3.90	%

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