PESTILENCE WATCH:'Promiscuous men' fuel India HIV

Indian men cannot be trusted and their promiscuous behaviour is fuelling the country's HIV epidemic, an MP has said.Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury said Indian women should protect themselves from HIV/Aids by keeping condoms at home."Women need to get condoms to protect themselves, let the men be suspicious," she said at an Aids forum for women.About 2.5m people in India are infected with HIV/Aids-40% of those are women,UN-backed government figures suggest.India has the world's third highest case load after South Africa and Nigeria. Ms Chowdhury addressed the inaugural meeting of the National Women Forum of Indian Network of People Living with HIV/Aids on Monday."You cannot trust men or your husbands," she said, adding that men may bring the virus home after sleeping with other women.Officials say many women have become infected after their husbands visited prostitutes and that most women do not have the power to negotiate safe sex with their husbands.
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