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Table of Contents
 

Labors of Love

The Kids Aren't Alright

With Honors




A Little Something on the Side

Even Combos Get the Blues

The Load Not Taken

HIV Bytes

Don't Get Fresh With Me

Discounted Labels

Thai-ing the Knot

Don't Leave Work Without It

Teen Angel

While You Weren't Sleeping

High Definition




Isn't That Special?

Prison Break

Anywhere but Here

Death and the Maidens

Diplomatic Immunity

Very Adult Education

On the Download

Face for the Cure

Tales From the Crib

Big Med on Campus




Editor's Letter-January 2007

Mailbox-January 2007

Catch of the Month-January 2007



 
What You're Talking About
House of Numbers, An AIDS Documentary (blog) (104)

Help Develop a National AIDS Strategy (46)

How Stigma Kills (21)

Obama Lifts HIV Travel Ban (16)

Positive Man Charged Under Anti-Terrorism Laws in Michigan Assault Case (8)
Most Popular Lessons

The HIV Life Cycle

Shingles

Herpes Simplex Virus

Syphilis & Neurosyphilis

Treatments for Opportunistic Infections (OIs)

What is AIDS & HIV?

Hepatitis & HIV


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January 2007


Thai-ing the Knot

by Lucile Scott

Where marriage puts people at high risk for HIV infection

According to a recent study by the Thai Public Health Ministry, 30% of Thailand’s new HIV infections occur in married women, a rate higher than that of men who have sex with men (20%) and intravenous drug users (10%). Worldwide, an estimated 80% of newly infected women report practicing monogamy within a marriage or a longterm relationship. Nazneen Damji, an HIV specialist at UNIFEM, the UN agency focusing on women’s issues, says many unfaithful men view using a condom as an admission of infidelity, and women feel powerless to demand latex—or may simply wish to become pregnant. Prevention programs must encourage men and women to communicate about sexual behavior and then empower women by building their leadership skills and self-esteem, she says, adding that “new laws and other efforts must transform social expectations to allow women to live independent lives socially and eco-nomically.” No small change.


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