"It was a matter of exposing people to the concepts and to the importance and recognizing that it was much more a health issue than an issue of religion," Macias said, referring to sex education. "It was not a tradeoff between promiscuity and other negative characteristics associated with sex education. It was really a matter of being a critical health issue - that it was important for young men and young women."
But Buchting said that compared to decades ago, there are now many more treatment options for HIV, which is currently viewed as a chronic medical illness that can be managed. Research on HIV has progressed significantly since the 1980s, he noted, including HIV prevention medication like pre-exposure prophylaxis.
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