Half of Indian women haven't heard of AIDS

[Kritish]

How the hell can you not know about AIDS?

 

[Kaleb]

Wonder if they ever heard of equal rights as well.

 

[Kritish]

Wonder if they ever heard of equal rights as well.

This is why India won't become a super power any time soon.

 

[BeserkerHilf]

now how do they plan on becoming doctors if they dont know about AIDS.

 

[Addendum]

I got aides about two years ago and I've been losing weight ever since. It's amazing how slim you can get with aides.

 

[Sun_Down]

This is puzzling and troubling on an unbelievable level.

 

[Kaleb]

They are over populated as it is.

 

[Erzengel]

But they sure love their dancing.

 

[Orko Is King]

And all the Indians that live here get straight As in school.

 

[The Man Of 16]

we should use AIDS as a weapon in all those countries where they all look like indians. Namely Iraq. Just get magic johnson down there with some viagra. He'd be our most powerful weapon.

 

[AndThePickles]

I'm not surprised. In many countries, both men and women don't even know about contraception. Even people who do know about AIDS and HIV often don't understand how it is passed on. Sex education is urgently needed

 

[Obi-Ron]

Next time you get stuck calling a customer service number, remind them to wrap that rascal!

 

[tzarinna]

I wonder what their reaction was when they were told?

 

[Tangled Web]

And all the Indians that live here get straight As in school.

This has nothing to do with Indians as an ethnicity. It's about women in India who haven't heard of AIDs.

 

[Manic]

They probably haven't heard of it because they're too busy gathering in groups of 50 and choreographing massive dance numbers for their pre-arranged weddings.














I kid. I like a good Bollywood film.

 

[Spider-Gamer]

There needs to be a Bollywood film about AIDS.

 

[Sava]

There needs to be a Bollywood film about AIDS.

there has been many

 

[SoulManX]

In rural areas, where most Indians live, less than half the women -- 46 percent -- were aware of the disease. Activists said on Friday that poor awareness among women was fuelling the epidemic.
"This shows women don't have access to information, translating into more women getting infected," said Anjali Gopalan, head of Naz Foundation India, a leading anti-AIDS group.
In the past few years, there has been a growing "feminisation" of the epidemic in India with nearly 40 percent of all those infected now being women, including housewives.
"Biologically, women are more susceptible to HIV," said Christy Abraham of ActionAid-India. "The lack of awareness adds to the HIV threat they face."
One reason for low awareness is that the government has focused prevention efforts on high-risk groups like prostitutes and intravenous drug users, rather than on the general population.
"But we are expanding prevention efforts among the general population in rural areas, especially women, over the next five years," a government official said on condition of anonymity. Many rural women have been infected by their husbands who work in the cities and visit prostitutes. Stigma stops infected husbands from telling their wives they are HIV-positive.
The NFHS survey, supported by UNICEF as well as the British and U.S. governments, shows a gulf in awareness between men and women, with 80 percent of men having heard of the disease.
Only 54 percent of Indian women are literate compared with 76 percent for men.
Many women in villages do not have television in their homes and miss out on anti-AIDS advertisements, say activists, calling for a broad-based effort to educate and empower women.
"Even if they do have TVs, there is no electricity in many areas. This is one way how fighting HIV is linked to the issue of general development," Abraham said.
Activists want the government to spend more training and sending grassroot health workers to spread AIDS education among women, especially in poorer and highly populated states.
In the eastern state of Bihar -- home to 85 million people -- only 35 percent of women have heard of AIDS, with the level of awareness falling to 30 percent in villages.

 

[black_dust]

I got aides about two years ago and I've been losing weight ever since. It's amazing how slim you can get with aides.

That popped into my head as well

 

[ScottyBBadd]

Wonder if they ever heard of equal rights as well.

Probably not.

 

[Tangled Web]

there has been many

A musical version of Philadelphia?

 

[The Man Of 16]

who cares, none of them have sex with each other because they hate the world anyway.

 

[Dan33977]

I got aides about two years ago and I've been losing weight ever since. It's amazing how slim you can get with aides.

Classic.

 

[Manic]

who cares, none of them have sex with each other because they hate the world anyway.

Have you watched some of their movies and music videos? Women running around in skimpy outfits, dancing provocatively in large groups, and constantly gesturing for the men to come closer. The Indians created the freaking kama sutra. If they're not having sex over there, I don't know what sex is.