Miriam Maluwa: UNAIDS Representative on HIV/AIDS in Jamaica

Miriam Maluwa is the UNAIDS Country Representative for Jamaica, Bahamas, and Belize. She reflects on the deadly failures of the Jamaican public health program to adequately deal with HIV/AIDS in Jamaica's gay community. This video is part of a global conversation about HIV/AIDS, stigma, secrecy and homophobia. Join the conversation and tell us your story at:
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Produced by Micah Fink with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in association with WNET's WorldFocus program. Videographer/Editor: Gabrielle Weiss.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• AIDS
• HIV
• Jamaica
• Caribbean
• epidemic
• Maluwa
• prevention
• MSM
• homosexual

[eviltreemonster]

You are a hero, lady.

[AllTruth1]

@warminator

To date (April 2, 2010), only you, eviltreemonster and I have commented on this site and given the several months of intense comments between us, I'm standing by my statement that the two of you have been marking my comments as spam. You have both marked my comments as spam on other sites. Now, can you deal with the payback of having your comments marked as spam?

[AllTruth1]

@warminator

You may believe that I'm a puppet and you're the puppeteer.

Just because you and other gays make comments about me being on YouTube too much, when you can't deal with the spiritual fire which I bring, it doesn't mean I'm going to stop being on YouTube or bringing the spiritual fire.

Yes, Jamaica is under attack, as shown on various Web sites by the Gay Community, pushing the boycott of the country and your denial of that fact, shows WHAT A REAL DANGER YOU ARE to your birthplace.

[AllTruth1]

@warminator

We all have lives; Mine involves my business which is done through a computer so, I'm on the computer for double shifts some days and some days - not. And, yes, while my country (and where you were born) is under attack by the Gay Community, I'll scan the comments from one, two or however many years ago and respond to them. Jamaica is under attack, I'm Jamaican and I'm helping it in the fight. Don't worry about my frustration, I know how to relieve it and he's quite excellent!

[AllTruth1]

@ Warminator

Watching this public service video about the 2008 HIV infection rate in Jamaica and the reasons behind it, I did myself a service because I now have recent data to support my stance against Gays.

[AllTruth1]

@Warminator

Per 2008 data:

32% of men who have sex with other men are HIV positive.

The largest infection rates are in the Gay Community.

Gays are pretending they're not gay so, they marry rapidly and have children rapidly to regularize themselves.

And, that's really a ticking bomb because this target group which has high levels of HIV infections are interacting with the general population and in doing so are either unintentionally or intentionally infecting the general population.

[warminator]

Jamaica can`t continue to push their heads in in the sand and pretend that this is not an issue.

This woman put it all well together. Gays in jamaica are forced to live on the DL due to the policies criminalizing them. Sooner or later Jamaican politics are going to have to wake up.

But then it might be too late.