I would like to alert you to a soon to be released book entitled, Affirming Love, Avoiding AIDS – What Africa Can Teach the West, authored by Matthew Hanley and Jokin de Irala. I believe this book is being published by the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia.
In December 8, 2008, I posted on AIDS prevention and received a welcomed comment from Dr. Edward J. Furton, the editor for Ethics and Medics, a publication of the National Center Bioethics Center, in which he apprised me of this upcoming book.
We as a nation have spent millions of dollars on HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention in Africa. A lion’s share of the effort has been in providing condoms and promoting “safe sex.” This new book is reported to be filled with epidemiological evidence that such an approach doesn’t work well. The most successful programs in Africa in reducing the incidence of AIDS have been in those African countries which have stressed the importance of limiting sexual contacts before marriage and remaining faithful to one’s spouse.
I intend to read this book as soon as I am able to secure a copy. I would encourage all of you to do the same.
To do so, contact the National Catholic Bioethics Center at: 6399 Drexel Road, Philadelphia, PA 19151 or telephone them at: 215-877-2660. Cost is $17.95, plus shipping.
By the way, thanks to all at the National Catholic Bioethics Center for all the great work they are doing!
