Culture to be given its rightful focus in the battle against HIV/AIDS
Scarelett Epstein; 1/9/08
Truly, as the Bible says, a man is not a prophet in his own land and, I must say, that goes for women too! Much as I have raged and pleaded across the years for culture to be given its rightful focus in the battle against HIV/AIDS, it has been a voice that has been all but drowned out, lost in the hurricane of other opinion, consigned to the waste paper basket, or thrown out the window. ut, with some delight, I can tell you readers of The National that the vital role and consideration of culture has finally been recognised and been given its place in the sun; it’s been studied and embraced in the global spotlight of the 17th International AIDS Conference that’s just been held in Mexico City, a forum that has gripped the attention of some 24,000 people who gathered there, as well as the eyes and the ears of the world beyond.