AIDS ignorance high in Singapore - survey
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SINGAPORE  - One in three Singaporeans believe they can acquire AIDS through a mosquito bite, according to a survey published Friday that said ignorance of the deadly disease had not improved in five years.
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More than two thirds of the HIV cases are diagnosed in London, however this figure can be misleading.
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There is an alarming ignorance about cancer and how to reduce the risk of  the disease, a survey suggests.
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An "increasing pool" of people in the UK are living with HIV and Aids, official statistics show.
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MORE than 1,700 people are living with HIV in Greater Manchester, with hundreds more unaware they are carrying the virus, health chiefs have revealed.
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Almost half of the European Union population continues to have misconceptions about the ways in which HIV/AIDS can be spread, the European Commission said Monday.
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BEIJING China will conduct its nationwide survey to learn the extent of an AIDS epidemic stemming from the sale of blood, demanding that local governments find and test every person who has sold blood, officials said Thursday.
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Sexually transmitted diseases including HIV infections are on the rise among Singaporean teenagers as a result of promiscuity and disregard for safe-sex practices.
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The top UN AIDS official in Uganda is denying reports the government is pressuring his agency not to promote the use of condoms. However, heâs concerned that some people may be trying to mix facts about HIV/AIDS with ideology.
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Singapore is facing a new AIDS epidemic, with the country&#39;s gay community being blamed by the conservative government. According to the Reuters news agency, new cases of HIV could hit more than 1,000 a year in the very near future.
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Pakistan is in a state of denial about the extent of its HIV/AIDS problem, and political leaders need to understand the reality or it will be very difficult to contain the epidemic, a U.N. AIDS official said.
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The public have a lack of knowledge and understanding about reproduction and sex, a survey suggests.
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The numbers in India are frightening: In a country of more than 1 billion people, some 5.7 million are infected with HIV/AIDS. That makes India home to more victims of the disease than any other country in the world.
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A group that promotes AIDS awareness blasted a Singapore law that prohibits gay sex, saying it impedes efforts to educate homosexuals about the dangers of HIV transmission through unsafe sex.
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The new epicenter of the global AIDS pandemic is Asia, and its new faces are Asia&#39;s young girls and women. This was highlighted by a recent United Nations report on HIV/AIDS and the theme
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AIDS-aware Ugandans, who use about  250,000 condoms a day, face a shortage of the product after the  government introduced new condom tests likely to cut supply  over the festive season, the Health Ministry on Friday.
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Five-million South Africans, or 11% of the population, are infected with HIV, says a report published today by the Actuarial Society of SA to coincide with World Aids Day.