I mean,I think that knowing how HIV basically gets transmitted is something that people are afraid, that people know that they have had extra-marital sex-the whole concept of men who have sex with other men-- it's a big taboo, and the region does not want to admit that we have these groups.

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Talking about sex is taboo in many African cultures.

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Sex education is considered taboo in many families and only a handful of schools have courses on reproductive health on their curriculum, he says.

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Money is, in some ways, a bigger cultural taboo than sex.

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