Attitudes

A True Politician 'Abject failures.' 'Republican U.S. representative Dave Weldon of Florida, on existing HIV prevention efforts aimed at keeping HIV-negative individuals from becoming infected A True Activist 'I'm going to go around the country to talk to people to say that [being] an HIV-positive person does not mean you have done something wrong.' 'Kgalalelo Ntsepe, 31, who was crowned Botswana's Miss HIV Stigma-Free at a pageant for HIV-positive women in September Truly Devastating 'People are now starting to die while they're on the waiting list. It's a crisis that will continue.' 'Faisal Khan, director of West Virginia's HIV program, commenting on the AIDS-related deaths of three people this year who were on a waiting list for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program Truly, No One's Listening 'There is no longer any doubt that providing widespread access to AIDS treatment is practical and achievable. Price is no longer an excuse.' 'Lee Jong-wook, director-general of the World Health Organization, and Peter Piot, executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, in a September 22 opinion piece in The Washington PostThe Truth According to History 'To talk of condoms as 'safe sex' is a form of Russian roulette.' 'Roman Catholic cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, stressing the church's position that condoms do not prevent HIV infections The Truth Shall Set You Free 'These incorrect statements about condoms and HIV are dangerous when we are facing a global pandemic that has already killed more than 20 million people and currently affects at least 42 million.' 'A statement by the World Health Organization in response to the Catholic Church's condom claims