AFRO-NETS> HIV testing without treatment? (26)

[Khvay Atitya <rendezvous@bigpond.com.kh>]

HIV testing without treatment? (26)
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Fri, 23 Jun 2000 Pam Gross <pamgross@mweb.co.za> wrote:

> I would like to know how it came about that the young men are the
> ones being tested in Cambodia. Is there a strong incentive? 


The fact is that in Cambodia, young men used to lose their virginity 
with prostitutes in brothels. I don not know any official enquiry 
about it, but it is widely considered (for the NGO, especially) that 
80% to 90% of Cambodian men use to go to the brothel (even after they 
get married...). So, when there is a project of wedding, the family 
of the girl orders the groom to do the HIV-test, in order to know 
whether he is positive or not.

Khvay Atitya 
Cambodia 
mailto:rendezvous@bigpond.com.kh 

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