Condoms, needles, and negotiation
Condoms, needles, and negotiation, also known as the CNN approach, is a harm reduction approach to reducing the rate of transmission of sexually transmitted infections such as HIV/AIDS by:
- Providing condoms and teaching negotiation of safer sex with partners
- Providing clean needles to reduce transmission from injection drug use
In contrast with the abstinence, be faithful, use a condom, or "ABC" approach to this problem, the "CNN" approach aims primarily at reducing the rate of transmission among high-risk groups such as women in areas where women have low levels of social power, prostitutes and their clients, and intravenous drug users.
Criticisms[]
Pope Benedict XVI has strongly criticized reduction policies with regards to HIV/AIDS, saying that "it is a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems".[1] This position has been widely criticised for misrepresenting and oversimplifying the role of condoms in preventing infections.[2][3] Other experts, including the Director of Harvard University's AIDS Prevention Research Project, have supported the Pope's position.[4]
See also[]
External links[]
- ^ Condoms 'not the answer to AIDS': Pope
- ^ The papal position on condoms and HIV. Douglas Kamerow, BMJ 2009 338: b1217
- ^ Roehr, B. (2009). Pope claims that condoms exacerbate HIV and AIDS problem. Published 25 March 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b1206
- ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5987155.ece
- Does 'CNN' (Condoms, Needles, Negotiation) Work Better than 'ABC' (Abstinence, Being Faithful and Condom Use) in Attacking the AIDS Epidemic?, S. Sinding, Guttmacher Institute
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