tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post5058132118573368589..comments2023-10-08T12:27:04.050+03:00Comments on HIV in Kenya: Collecting Data Only to Explain it AwaySimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-67419052389140716622012-02-17T07:30:03.386+03:002012-02-17T07:30:03.386+03:00The connections between HIV and poverty have alway...The connections between HIV and poverty have always been unclear: in many countries, HIV prevalence was higher in wealthier quintiles and among the better educated. Giving people money in the form of conditional or unconditional 'cash transfers' is just a more recent term for handouts, which are a lot less acceptable to Western donors now. The Economist is wrong about one thing: that HIV is spread through any one thing. Many years of research has shown that there are many factors involved, which has allowed journalists to skirt the issue of non-sexual HIV transmission. But hey, they get to write about sex, what more could a quality journal ask for?Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-26472905695516537792012-02-16T15:18:24.017+03:002012-02-16T15:18:24.017+03:00The Economist claims that a lot of HIV is spread ...The Economist claims that a lot of HIV is spread through relationships between young women and much older men.<br /><br />http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/02/preventing-aids?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/adrugcalledmoney<br /><br />What do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com