http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2005/11/22/nipping-it-in-the-bud/ neweurasia\'s latest on Tajikistan Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:33:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2005/11/22/nipping-it-in-the-bud/#comment-8 Younghusband Fri, 25 Nov 2005 04:15:58 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2005/11/22/nipping-it-in-the-bud/#comment-8 Check out "this recent IRIN article":http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=50280. Check out “this recent IRIN article”:http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=50280.

]]> http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2005/11/22/nipping-it-in-the-bud/#comment-3 Jessica Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:36:39 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2005/11/22/nipping-it-in-the-bud/#comment-3 Fascinating post, but I'd like to add that roads don't contribute to the AIDS epidemic just through broader regional movement - there is also a more localized increase in HIV-prevalence within communities along trucking routes, due to a demand-driven increase in prostitution. I would imagine that this would hold true in Tajikistan even though the local epidemic is driven more by intravenous drug users (like you stated); and even if it remains largely drug-driven, you would still expect to see more drug trafficking along major transportation routes. Fascinating post, but I’d like to add that roads don’t contribute to the AIDS epidemic just through broader regional movement - there is also a more localized increase in HIV-prevalence within communities along trucking routes, due to a demand-driven increase in prostitution. I would imagine that this would hold true in Tajikistan even though the local epidemic is driven more by intravenous drug users (like you stated); and even if it remains largely drug-driven, you would still expect to see more drug trafficking along major transportation routes.

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