World ; Singapore may test couples for HIV before marriage
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&quot;I think we are more likely to succeed if we treat this as a purely public health problem, so let&#39;s take away the morality and religion from all this,&quot; he said.
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Ugandan youth have been urged to play a leading role in promoting messages of abstinence from premarital sex as a way of safeguarding themselves from HIV/AIDS and other sexually
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Officials in India's Andhra Pradesh state say an HIV test will soon be compulsory before marriage.
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SINGAPORE : Singapore is unlikely to go the way of Thailand in the fight against AIDS, at least where public education campaigns promoting condom use are concerned.
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Researchers from universities in the UK, the US and South Africa have successfully identified key genes in the body&#39;s fight against HIV infection.
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SINGAPORE : Singapore is helping the World Health Organisation test a set of healthcare guidelines for the elderly. The aim is to set global standards that will make community healthcare facilities more elderly-friendly.
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HIV-infected babies have a greater chance of survival if they receive treatment before they show signs of illness or a weakened immune system, the International AIDS Society (IAS) was told on Tuesday.
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Alarmed by the growing number of AIDS patients, China will conduct nationwide HIV testing within the next six months of people with blood selling history in the 1990s to detect the virus at an early stage.
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Singapore has formed a national policy committee to combat the rise of HIV cases, local media reported Monday.
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&quot;We urgently need a long-term approach to the HIV epidemic that addresses the specific needs of women. Women In developing countries are increasingly more vulnerable than men to HIV and AIDS.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 27 -- New Jersey this week launched one of the most ambitious efforts in the country to control mother-to-child transmission of HIV, making screening tests mandatory for all pregnant women in the state beginning next year.
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In an effort to reduce the incidence of AIDS in Japan, some public health centers have recently adopted a quick HIV testing regime that officials hope will be an effective tool for early stage detection and containment of the disease.
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The World Health Organization is warning that AIDS and HIV in Asia could spread to the general public unless immediate measures are taken.
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SINGAPORE : A worrying trend has emerged: a local study has shown Singaporean men are practising safe sex at home but are less likely to do so abroad.
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Ceres P. Doyo. IT&#39;S six days before World AIDS Day, which falls on Dec. 1. This year&#39;s theme is &quot;Women and AIDS.&quot; For the past two successive years (2002 and 2003) the theme was &quot;Stigma and Discrimination
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(Singapore) 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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Singapore faces an AIDS epidemic, with the number of new infections diagnosed expected to hit a rate of 1,000 a year by 2010, a health official said.