New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that to prevent AIDS, promoting condom usage is not enough. One should also promote integrity of sexual relationship between husband and wife – a part of Indian culture,” he was quoted as telling the New York Times in a telephonic interview.
The thrust of the AIDS campaign should not only be on the use of condoms. This sends the wrong message that you can have any kind of illicit sexual relationship, but as long as you’re using a condom, it’s fine,” Dr Harsh Vardhan was quoted as saying.
In the same report, National AIDS Control Organisation head V.K. Subburaj differed with the minister’s view. Subburaj said condom use was being promoted by NACO among high-risk groups.
Dr Harsh Vardhan is currently on a tour of the United States to confer with health officials on cooperation and collaboration in vital sectors, said a statement from his ministry.
Bureau Report
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