Sensitise youth on AIDS, scouts urged
May 15, 2007
SCOUTS are the right carders to sensitise the youth on the HIV/AIDS scourge, the Rukungiri district secretary for social services, Emmy Ngabirano, has said.
By Caleb Bahikaho
SCOUTS are the right carders to sensitise the youth on the HIV/AIDS scourge, the Rukungiri district secretary for social services, Emmy Ngabirano, has said.
Speaking at the closure of a workshop for scouts leaders on Saturday, Ngabirano disagreed with their resolution that they should encourage circumcision as the way of reducing HIV transmission in the region.
“Whereas circumcision is believed to be healthy, you should not take it for granted that it prevents Aids. The only way of avoiding this scourge is by abstaining or being faithful to each other,†he explained.
According to a recent study, is is indicated that male circumcision significantly reduces the spread of the HIV virus to men.
The secretary for social services claimed that the rate at which HIV/AIDS is spread in Kanungu, Kisoro, Kabale and Rukungiri districts is 9.4%.
SCOUTS are the right carders to sensitise the youth on the HIV/AIDS scourge, the Rukungiri district secretary for social services, Emmy Ngabirano, has said.
Speaking at the closure of a workshop for scouts leaders on Saturday, Ngabirano disagreed with their resolution that they should encourage circumcision as the way of reducing HIV transmission in the region.
“Whereas circumcision is believed to be healthy, you should not take it for granted that it prevents Aids. The only way of avoiding this scourge is by abstaining or being faithful to each other,†he explained.
According to a recent study, is is indicated that male circumcision significantly reduces the spread of the HIV virus to men.
The secretary for social services claimed that the rate at which HIV/AIDS is spread in Kanungu, Kisoro, Kabale and Rukungiri districts is 9.4%.