Number	18045
Subject	AIDS
Source	Wall Street Journal (New York)
State	NY
Year	2001
Publication Date	Jan. 12
Summary	This Wall Street Journal story focuses on the new rules that hundreds of communities on the shores of Lake Victoria have discovered as a "potential key to curbing the Africana AIDS epidemic." The story describes how "in the past few years, local governments and village councils have cracked down on a wide variety of traditional social and sexual practices..." The reporter sheds light on the new practices and the harsh punishment for social violations in different villages, and concludes that " laws can sometimes make progress where doctors and health workers alone have failed." The analysis cites some encouraging evidence on the basis of a survey conducted by a Dutch expert group.
Category	General
Pages	2
Keywords	youth;sex;pregnancy;condoms;Africa;flirting;HIV infection;traditions
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