Sunday, 8 March 2009
Some sensible ideas
Hi, I have only just started my blog and found this following piece of news. I think it's interesting but hope they will have more state help.
State plays Cupid for “positive” couples
Nigeria’s Bauchi State helps HIV-infected persons marry each other in an effort to prevent spread of AIDS.
— Photo: AP Positive bliss: Newly-married couple Hauwa Idris and Umar Ahmed, both AIDS patients, shortly after their wedding in Bauchi, Nigeria, on Saturday.
BAUCHI (Nigeria): With her golden dress shimmering in the sun and ornate henna tattoos covering her hands, Hauwa Idris is the picture of a radiant Nigerian bride. But her betrothal has hardly been typical: Both bride and groom are infected with the deadly AIDS virus and have been encouraged to wed by an unusual government programme.
Bauchi State, in Nigeria’s heavily Muslim north, has recently begun playing Cupid with its HIV sufferers, encouraging them to marry by offering counselling and cash toward their big day. The goal: to halt the spread of HIV in the non-infected population.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/09/stories/2009030955981300.htm
State plays Cupid for “positive” couples
Nigeria’s Bauchi State helps HIV-infected persons marry each other in an effort to prevent spread of AIDS.
— Photo: AP Positive bliss: Newly-married couple Hauwa Idris and Umar Ahmed, both AIDS patients, shortly after their wedding in Bauchi, Nigeria, on Saturday.
BAUCHI (Nigeria): With her golden dress shimmering in the sun and ornate henna tattoos covering her hands, Hauwa Idris is the picture of a radiant Nigerian bride. But her betrothal has hardly been typical: Both bride and groom are infected with the deadly AIDS virus and have been encouraged to wed by an unusual government programme.
Bauchi State, in Nigeria’s heavily Muslim north, has recently begun playing Cupid with its HIV sufferers, encouraging them to marry by offering counselling and cash toward their big day. The goal: to halt the spread of HIV in the non-infected population.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/09/stories/2009030955981300.htm
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