EU warns young face unprecedented AIDS risk
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Young people face an unprecedented risk of catching AIDS, in particular because they missed the first wave of safe sex campaigning about the disease a decade or more ago, the European Commission warned.
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South Africa has unveiled plans to halve the number of people being infected with the AIDS virus within five years by persuading youngsters to delay the start of their sex lives.
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&quot;Today the face of AIDS is increasingly young and female,&quot; said Peter Piot, head of UNAIDS. &quot;We will not be able to stop this epidemic unless we put women at the heart of the response to AIDS.
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The vaccine against the sexually transmitted virus that causes the most cases of cervical cancer is cost-effective and should be given to adolescent girls before they start having sex, an EU agency said on Tuesday.
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The head of the United Nations' AIDS program warned that the three countries could turn their small, localized epidemics into gigantic ones capable of disrupting the world's response to the disease.
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Strong economic growth in Estonia, a  new European Union member, hides big social problems -- the  bloc's highest rate of registered HIV infections, highest  proportion of people in jails and lowest male life expectancy.
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Some federally funded abstinence sex education courses tell youngsters that 50% of all American teenage gay men are HIV positive, touching someone&#39;s genitals can make you pregnant and abortion can lead to sterility and suicide, says the Washington Post.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 13 (IPS) - AIDS has become a "forgotten disease" in  the European Union, according to the man in charge of the  bloc's public health policies.
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European Union member states should improve coordination in their efforts to develop a vaccine against HIV/AIDS, German Health Minister Ulla Schmidt told Reuters.
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MOST of the new HIV/AIDS cases reported locally occur among persons between ages 15 and 24, according to Dr Yitades Gebre, a senior medical officer at the Ministry of Health.
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Health ministers from across Europe meet in Lithuania to discuss ways to prevent an HIV/Aids epidemic.
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Figures from the HPA, released in its annual report yesterday, show that teenagers and young people are disproportionately affected by infections such as chlamydia, which can make women infertile, and gonorrhoea.
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The European Union has launched a 45 million euro ($60 million) plan to protect children from pornography and racist sites when they surf the Internet.
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South Africa may lose the HIV battle as infection and death rates outpace treatment, Unicef warns.
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The risks of HIV/Aids are being overstated, a former World Health Organization expert says.
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Britain&#39;s Health Protection Agency reports the number of HIV infections has skyrocketed, largely due to immigrants, Sky News said Thursday.
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A rare sexually transmitted disease  that is spreading among gay and bisexual men in Europe could be  poised to surface in the United States, the U.S. Centers for  Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.