The Less They Know, the Better: Abstinence-Only HIV/AIDS Programmes in Uganda

Summary: This 80-page report discusses how US-
funded "abstinence-only" programmes are
jeopardising Uganda's successful fight against
HIV/AIDS. It concludes that abstinence-only
programmes deny young people information
about any method of HIV prevention other
than sexual abstinence until marriage.

Owner: Human Rights Watch

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Web: 
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2005/uganda0305/

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