China suspends condom handout despite AIDS crisis
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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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China will expand a pilot program that aims to stop the transmission of AIDS from mother to child, curbing the rapid increase of new born infants infected with HIV.
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China&#39;s HIV/AIDS epidemic has worsened and is now spreading dangerously into the general population, reported CCTV today, citing Chinese Ministry of Health and the United Nations AIDS office in China as the news source.
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Two ethical controversies flared into life on World AIDS Day as the United States and South Africa backed sexual abstinence in their mix of programs to fight AIDS and British leader Tony Blair lashed at religious bans on condoms.
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A prominent Chinese AIDS activist has gone missing after meeting with police in a suspected clampdown ahead of World AIDS Day, his organization said Saturday.
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HIV-infected pregnant women in Guangzhou are expected to receive free medication in a government move to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the virus, Shenzhen Daily reported Friday.
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Trading in shares of China Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.  was suspended on Monday, pending an announcement on a possible mandatory unconditional general offer, the Hong Kong exchange said.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil will place an order for 1 billion condoms before January's end and give them away in coming years as part of its AIDS prevention program, Health Minister Agenor Alvares said on Friday.
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CAIRO - AIDS/HIV prevention officials in the Middle East and North Africa face a careful balancing act of spreading awareness about the disease without appearing to promote immorality.
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China's capital  is to install 1,000 new condom vending machines to fight the spread of HIV and Aids.
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BEIJING  &#151; A Chinese AIDS activist who was organizing a symposium to help people with the disease fight for their legal rights has gone missing after meeting with police, his advocacy group said Saturday.
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In a public display of commitment to fighting the disease a day before World AIDS Day, state media reported on Tuesday that China&#39;s President Hu Jintao shook hands with patients during a visit to a hospital in the capital.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil, one of the Latin  American countries hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic, will hand  out a record 11 million condoms to prevent the spread of the  disease during its erotically charged Carnival festival when  casual sex rises.
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China's parliament passed a law  Saturday banning the buying or selling of blood to prevent the  spread of AIDS and outlawing discrimination against victims of  infectious diseases, state media said.
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China has begun promoting the use of condoms in the runup to World AIDS Day, allowing advertisements and condom dispensers to be prominently displayed in the Chinese capital at least.
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China has admitted that illegal blood sales, one of the main causes of its spiralling AIDS problem, are still rampant despite being outlawed in 1996.
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Shanghai&#39;s public health department has established a long-term mechanism to prevent the spread of AIDS/HIV. There are now 1,124 AIDS/HIV cases in Shanghai, with 213 reported this year.