World AIDS Day: Sexual abstinence, condom debates flare anew
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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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AIDS advocates and health workers on Wednesday marked World AIDS Day by focusing on gender inequalities that can lead to an increased risk of HIV infection among women and girls, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports (AP/Long Island Newsday, 12/1).
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BEIJING: The world marked Aids Day yesterday, promising to eradicate ignorance and prejudice about a disease that was at first dismissed by many as a Western evil confined to drug users, homosexuals and prostitutes.
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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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(Bangkok, Thailand-AP) Dec. 1, 2004 - Every December 1st the United Nations spearheads commemorations of the global AIDS epidemic and this year, the focus is on women and girls.
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NOE, Ivory Coast  - A day after the rest of the  world marked World Aids Day on December 1, the Love Life  Caravan blasted its way into the remote border outpost of Noe  between Ivory Coast and Ghana.
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The Global Coalition for Women and AIDS and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS marked World Human Rights Day on Friday with campaigns aimed at raising awareness of the links between gender-based violence and the spread of HIV.
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Today, on World AIDS Day, our thoughts turn to the millions of people across the globe who are living with HIV/AIDS. World AIDS Day is a time to reflect on the tragic toll this disease continues to take - 8,000 die every single day.
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Hundreds of Indians demonstrated on Friday to demand new anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, while health workers in Muslim-majority Indonesia marked World AIDS Day by handing out condoms to prostitutes for safe sex.
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November 24 - World AIDS Day 2004 will be commemorated around the globe on Wednesday, December 1. World AIDS Day celebrates progress made in the battle against the epidemic - and brings into focus remaining challenges.
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Each year on Dec. 1, World AIDS Day is commemorated around the globe. It celebrates progress made in the battle against the disease and brings into focus the challenges that remain.
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Vigils, curbside HIV screening, public forums with District teens and a demonstration across from the White House are planned for today and this weekend to mark World AIDS Day in the city with the worst rate of infection in the United States.
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The international focus for World AIDS Day 2004 was on women and HIV, since women and girls comprise the largest part of new infections worldwide.
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December first is World AIDS Day. This year, the campaign centers on women and girls. They now make up almost half of all people infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
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What does the Roman Catholic Church really think about the use of condoms to fight AIDS? It seems to depend on who is doing the talking.
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On Wednesday, a little more than a month before the start of the Bush administration&#39;s second term, World AIDS Day will highlight the continuing battle against the epidemic.
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A controversial policy promoting   abstinence education to fight AIDS may be the best way to get   men to treat women better, which experts agree is key to   battling the AIDS epidemic, U.S. government AIDS officials said   on Wednesday.