A Zab at the manhood

The fight against AIDS is a very serious problem for states that find itself on an uptrend in reported cases. However, while in sub-Saharan Africa the trend is decreasing, yet some countries are seeing rises.

Economies that the stronger most often see declines while countries with growing economic instability see increases. Of course this is not a thumb rule as there are increasing reported AIDS cases of AIDS in North America and Western Europe.

Many local and international social and health organisations the world over are working on the development (invention?) of various means or methods to bring the AIDS spread under control and retard new cases.

There is probably a lot more going wrong in Zimbabwe than there are things going right. However, even though the country is among the worst affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the rate of infection has gone down in recent years.

But naturally more needs to be done.

Got that shrinking feeling yet?

A Zimbabwean lawmaker has hit upon a rather unique proposition to bring the spread of AIDS under better control in his country. Speaking at a debate on access to HIV/AIDS treatment in Harare recently, the distinguished gentlemen called upon scientists to develop a “chemical to dull men’s libido and enable them to have sex just once a month.” It was his reasoning that this would help curb the spread of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe further.

According to a state daily, Senator Sithembile Mlotshwa told the upper house of parliament that scientists should “look into the issue of trying to inject men with a substance that will make them lose appetite...

“I want to contribute by saying all the other avenues have been looked into and the only avenue left is for us parliamentarians to decide or suggest reducing the appetite of men and their insatiable greed for women.”

The good senator should first look into whether the economic collapse in his country has already had the desired affect on the libido (which can probably be attributed to why the AIDS infections are declining in the country in the first place).

Moreover, in my opinion, the threat of needles could be enough to stop his “insatiable” and “woman hungry” countrymen. Whether the measure would stop the spread of AIDS, however, is probably an altogether different matter.

Anyway, if the senator's words can be take seriously and the Zimbabwean government is prepared to back it up with US dollar or Euro (instead of their own Zimbabwean dollar, which is fast depreciating by the minute), the anti-viagra market may be opening up in Zimbabwe very soon... are the global pharmaceutical companies paying attention?

We are talking a potential multi-million dollar (or multi-gazillion in Zimbabwe dollars) business in this somewhere.