Went for an interesting talk that I didn't fall asleep!! *oops
=P
It was on a research on HIV clinical trial in South Africa, as the rate of HIV infections is very, very high there. They are studying on the effects of a drug on trial with the prevention of HIV infections. This could possibly help future prevention of HIV, especially among sexually active people. hmmm... ( I know someone who would be very very happy with this..hmm :P)
Alright, the rituals are kind of 'unique' in Bondo, Kenya. It's unique because if a married man dies earlier than his wife, then his wife would have to be 'accepted' (aka given to) by her husband's brother. This is called widow inheritance.
What's changing now is that, most men no longer want to accept their sister-in-laws anymore because they know that they (widow's hubby) died of HIV. But, in order to be accepted by any men, these widows have to be cleansed sexually by some men (outsider) without the use of condom and she has to pay for it.
Okay, the story (of course!) does not end here. If her husband died because of HIV, she must have been infected too- right?
So when they infect the paid man by the 'cleansing' services, the man will get infected and eventually, more and more people will get infected- as there must be widows whom husbands did not die because of HIV.
As some widows were not accepted by any other men, they have to earn a living right? So, what happens is some of them become middle-'women' in buying fish from fishermen and selling those in the market. Humans have their own barter system.
=P
It was on a research on HIV clinical trial in South Africa, as the rate of HIV infections is very, very high there. They are studying on the effects of a drug on trial with the prevention of HIV infections. This could possibly help future prevention of HIV, especially among sexually active people. hmmm... ( I know someone who would be very very happy with this..hmm :P)
Alright, the rituals are kind of 'unique' in Bondo, Kenya. It's unique because if a married man dies earlier than his wife, then his wife would have to be 'accepted' (aka given to) by her husband's brother. This is called widow inheritance.
What's changing now is that, most men no longer want to accept their sister-in-laws anymore because they know that they (widow's hubby) died of HIV. But, in order to be accepted by any men, these widows have to be cleansed sexually by some men (outsider) without the use of condom and she has to pay for it.
Okay, the story (of course!) does not end here. If her husband died because of HIV, she must have been infected too- right?
So when they infect the paid man by the 'cleansing' services, the man will get infected and eventually, more and more people will get infected- as there must be widows whom husbands did not die because of HIV.
As some widows were not accepted by any other men, they have to earn a living right? So, what happens is some of them become middle-'women' in buying fish from fishermen and selling those in the market. Humans have their own barter system.
To get good catch, these women (some HIV-positive) will sell sex services to these fishermen. Many of these fishermen will then go back to their own kampungs, to their beloved families after catching fish for weeks and months. So, their wives will be the next victims.
Sigh..So the list of HIV infections go on. The ones that I mentioned were one of the key points on how HIV spreads there. Some of the rest of the talk were on this.
So long~~
So long~~
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