SOUTHERN AFRICA: Renewed calls for sexual behaviour change
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JOHANNESBURG, 1 Dec 2004 (IRIN) - Growing concern over the sustainability of government-sponsored HIV/AIDS treatment programmes in Southern Africa has prompted renewed calls for a change in sexual behaviour to curb the spread of the disease.
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Poor immigration control on South Africa&#39;s borders is believed to have contributed to the rapid spread of HIV/Aids in the country.
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Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott has urged people to take more responsibility for their behaviour to reduce the rate of HIV/AIDS infections.
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Two ethical controversies have flared into life on World AIDS Day as the United States and South Africa backed sexual abstinence in their mix of programmes to fight AIDS and British leader Tony Blair lashed at religious bans on condoms.
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The first anti-AIDS vaginal gel to make it through late-stage testing failed to stop HIV infection in a study of 6,000 South African women
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Young people face a "sexual health crisis" fuelled by alcohol, drugs and risky sexual behaviour, a report warns.
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Teenagers are facing a "sexual health crisis" fuelled by alcohol, drugs and risky sexual behaviour, a report warns.
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The government proposed a five-year plan Wednesday to halve the number of new HIV infections in South Africa, saying it had failed to persuade young people to change their sexual habits.
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JOHANNESBURG, 26 November (IRIN) - South African women with violent or controlling male partners run a higher risk of HIV infection, according to a study published in the Lancet medical journal.
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Pakistan is a good example of a country that is learning fast but late about the threat of HIV/Aids. Unlike India, recorded prevalence in Pakistan is small and the authorities are working to keep it that way.
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Presentation by Mary M. Kanya, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Swaziland to the United States of America, at the Fifth Annual African Women&#39;s and Children&#39;s Health Symposium: The Feminization of HIV/Aids on Thursday, November 11, 2004, at the University of
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Despite a lack of conclusive scientific evidence, some people are already using antiretrovirals as preventives, hoping to halt HIV transmission during risky sex
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Casual sexual behaviour, often fuelled by alcohol, is causing an alarming rise in sexually transmitted infections among teenage girls and young men, the Health Protection Agency said yesterday.
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By Lightfoot, Marguerita Comulada, W Scott; Stover, Gabriel  We tested the hypothesis that a computerized intervention would be as efficacious as an in-person, small-group intervention in reducing sexual risk behaviors.
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Ignoring social taboos in this  conservative nation, a Nepali radio program on safe sex is  spreading awareness against HIV/AIDS and offers life-saving  advice to young people who are vulnerable to the disease.
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The AIDS case that alarmed health officials in New York last week illustrates the enormous difficulty of promoting and sustaining changes in sexual behavior.
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The AIDS pandemic rampaging around the globe will not be stopped without radical social change to improve the lot of women and girls, who now look likely to die in greater numbers than men, UN agencies said on Tuesday.