Conflicts between conservative Christian institutions and secular groups in sub-Saharan Africa: ideological discourses on sexualities, reproduction and HIV/AIDS
Mantell, J.E.; Correale, J.; Adams-Skinner, J.; Stein, Z.A.
Global Public Health 6 Suppl. 2: S192-S209
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 1744-1692 PMID: 21834733 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.604039Document Number: 573288
Religious and secular institutions advocate strategies that represent all points on the continuum to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. Drawing on an extensive literature review of studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa, we focus on those secular institutions that support all effective methods of reducing HIV/AIDS transmission and those conservative religious institutions that support a limited set of prevention methods. We conclude by identifying topics for dialogue between these viewpoints that should facilitate cooperation by expanding the generally acceptable HIV/AIDS prevention methods, especially the use of condoms.