マレーシア・ニュース

コンドームを購入しやすく

クチン　:　「コンドームを購入しやすい環境をつくっていくべきだ。」
昨日、世界エイズデーに行われた“Breaking Down Barriers of Discrimination and Stigma” フォーラムの中で、サラワク環境健康大臣のDatuk Micheal Manyin氏が語った。これは決してフリーセックスを勧めるものではなく、ＨＩＶとエイズの感染を防ぐことが目的だという。未だに多くの人たちが、複数の相手とセックスをする危険性を認識していない。また、薬局やスーパーマーケットでコンドームを購入することに躊躇している現状があるという。より購入しやすい環境をつくろうと、自動販売機での販売等をはじめたが今のところ目だった成果はあげていないようだ。
「ＨＩＶやエイズについて語り合うことはタブーとされているところがあるようだが、我々はもっと積極的にこの問題について議論していくべきだ。」と氏は語っている。

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[ 12月10日　2：59　MCS]

ニュース・ソース

Make it easier to buy condoms

KUCHING: The buying of condoms should be made easier as some people are still bashful about buying them at pharmacies or supermarkets, said Sarawak Environment and Public Health Minister Datuk Micheal Manyin.

He has suggested that condom vending machines be set up as one of the ways to prevent the spread of the HIV and AIDS, especially for those who have sex with multiple partners.

Manyin said this was not meant to encourage free sex but to protect others from getting infected.

He was speaking to reporters after opening the one-day multi-faith public forum on “Breaking Down Barriers of Discrimination and Stigma” in conjunction with the World AIDS Days 2007 yesterday.

Manyin said many still hesitated to buy condoms openly despite knowing the risks involved when having sex with multiple partners.

“With condom vending machines, they just pay and it (condom) will come out,” he added.

However, he felt that the free distribution of condoms, practised in some countries, might not go down well in this country as there were many who still refused to acknowledge the problem.

“HIV and AIDS are still taboo subjects and we must try to discuss it openly and not consider it a taboo anymore,” he said. ? Bernama

<9-12-2007 THE STAR>