according to this article:

In the late 1980s, when AIDS first came to Uganda, the Kampala government realized that it was being transmitted through sexual behavior. Authorities rallied religious leaders and others behind a massive campaign to convince the population to change its sexual behavior. "Zero grazing outside of your own field," was the slogan the government used to promote its "ABC." initiative. The message to the Ugandan people: Abstain from sex if you can, Be faithful to your partner, and if this doesn't work, use a Condom.



It worked brilliantly. Unlike most other African nations, the HIV infection rate peaked in 1991, and has been steadily dropping since. Studies show that Ugandans dramatically reduced their risky sexual activity. And this successful program, which was devised wholly by the Ugandans themselves, could be implemented with little money.

Why wasn't the Ugandan model embraced and emulated all over Africa? That's a scandalous tale I tell in much greater detail in the current issue of National Review. It has to do with Western scientists, doctors, and AIDS workers having a deep suspicion of, and even antipathy for, any public-health program that smacks of moralizing, or involves religion. It also has to do with a bias in favor of expensive, medical technology-based "solutions," despite their lack of effectiveness. The bottom line is that millions of Africans have been condemned to an early and painful death in part because the international AIDS establishment ignored the success of Uganda's faith-based education programs.

It was thrilling, then, to see Dr. Peter Mugyenyi, director of a Uganda AIDS clinic, sitting among the president's invited guests at the State of the Union address. Might this signal a new and better approach by the U.S. government in its AIDS-fighting strategy? There is reason to hope so. Late last year, the U.S. Agency for International Development sent a communiqué to its offices around the world, informing them that abstinence and fidelity programs would henceforth be part of America's AIDS-fighting strategy in the Third World. If that, and now Dr. Mugyenyi's presence at the president's speech, indicates that the U.S. government is prepared to put lots of money into Uganda-style programs, things might really be turning around for Africa.