As a highly-critical federal report on "Abstinence Only" sex education is released, the Baptist Press co-incidentally reports on how the movement intends to influence Africa:

True Love Waits International will expand its abstinence-until-marriage message in six African countries, utilizing $950,000 in donor gifts...

...Since its introduction in Uganda 13 years ago, True Love Waits has been a catalyst for bringing people together to address the AIDS problem and spread the message of biblical purity to schools, youth groups and communities. In the years that followed, Uganda's HIV/AIDS infection rate dropped from 30 percent to about 6 percent of the country's 25 million people.

...Based on methodologies developed in Uganda, True Love Waits will establish an ongoing relationship with a key national champion in each African country who, in turn, will build a hierarchy of teams within the country.

True Love Waits has enjoyed significant political patronage in Uganda, with First Lady Janet Museveni taking an active role in promoting its teachings. Unfortunately, however, the Baptist Press does not tell the whole story, and some less encouraging statistics were reported in (surprisingly) the Washington Times in 2005: