Uganda passing law that allows them to put homosexuals to death.

[Kirbmarc]

This starts with education about HIV and STI's, and HIV testing. They need to be made aware that being promiscuity is dangerous, even with condom use, and that they still need to get regularly tested for STI's even if they're using condoms. They also need to be made aware that condoms offer little to no protection unless they are used religiously.

This is a good contingency plan. But it's still not enough. We also need to build more hospital and HIV testing structures, to fight the witch doctor myths about HIV (one of those witch doctors was even elected to a position of power in South Africa), to organize a chain of distribution of condoms, to treat HIV-infected mothers to minimize the risks of transmission to their children (yes, you can do that, if they receive adequate medical attention) and to establish political regimes stable enough to implement all of this.

Anyway, no matter how hard we try, we'll never defeat HIV until we find a cure.The best hope for Africa resides in our labs.