Churches hamper condom campaign in Madagascar
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Efforts to increase the use of condoms in Madagascar to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS have failed dramatically, largely because of the opposition of church leaders.
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An outbreak of syphilis prompts the government in Madagascar to declare a state of emergency.
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ELITE Peking University is calling off plans to hand out free condoms next week for World AIDS Day, saying it shouldn&#39;t be done so openly on campus.
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Impoverished Madagascar is to  distribute 15 million free condoms next year to promote safe  sex and halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, officials said Tuesday.
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AHMEDABAD, India  - Health officials in western India are distributing condoms outside cinema halls screening illegal pornographic films, to promote safe sex and curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV/AIDS.
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China&#39;s top two universities have suspended a free handout of condoms, describing the plan as inappropriate. China is grappling with AIDS but the country&#39;s top two universities do not want their students touching condoms.
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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's Roman Catholic Church has been cleared of accusations that its opposition to abortion violated a law banning priests from mixing in politics, but the church said yesterday that it will mount a campaign to change the law it believes is too restrictive.
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The government of Uganda has cautioned the UN joint programme on HIV/Aids against activities, which support gay groups as details of a secret meeting by sexual minorities in Jinja leaked to The Monitor.
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The Catholic Church in Spain backtracked from a leading bishop's groundbreaking statement in support of condom use to fight the spread of AIDS, saying instead the church still believes artificial contraception is immoral.
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In a radical shift, Spanish Roman Catholic bishops have for the first time accepted the use of condoms to combat AIDS, reigniting a moral and religious debate but drawing a sharp response from the Vatican.
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Mozambique's Catholic Church leader says that some European-made condoms are deliberately infected with HIV.
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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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Vatican City - The Vatican on Tuesday reiterated its view that chastity and responsible sexual behaviour are the best way of avoiding Aids, in a message on the eve of World Aids Day.
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The Roman Catholic Church in Spain acknowledges that condoms could play a role in the global fight against Aids.
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NEW YORK: The brutalities of a Sudan-backed religious group have left northern Uganda in a shambles, uprooting 1.8 million people who have little faith in the Kampala Government to protect them, according to a UN official.
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China has halted a plan to distribute free condoms on university campuses, quashing the AIDS prevention effort only a week before World AIDS Day, state media said Wednesday.
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New rules requiring that condoms be tested before and after shipment to Uganda have caused a shortage of the rubber prophylactic, which the east African country credits for curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS, a senior health ministry official said.