What You Need to KnowStop the Export of U.S.-Funded Abstinence-Only HIV/AIDS ProgramsWhat are abstinence-only HIV/AIDS programs?Abstinence-only programs (also known as abstinence-until-marriage programs) teach young people that abstaining from sex until marriage is the only way to prevent sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). These programs withhold or distort information about any other HIV-prevention strategy besides abstinence, including safer sex and the use of condoms. They ignore the risk of HIV transmission within marital relationships and fail to provide information so that couples can protect themselves. Where are abstinence-only programs being sent? How much is the U.S. spending on these programs? What is wrong with abstinence-only programs? Doesn’t the U.S. support an ‘ABC’ approach to HIV
prevention? What can I do to stop the export of abstinence-only programs? Join Human Rights Watch: Help us pressure the United
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![]() U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Randall Tobias and Ugandan Primary Education Minister Geraldine Bitamazire discuss HIV/AIDS with Ugandan students, Dec. 5, 2003 (Photograph: Reuters).
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