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New York City Plans to Promote Circumcision

... should continue to be on the promotion and use of condoms and having fewer sexual partners. Some others apprehend that the campaign in US could sound racist in that Blacks would be targeted. Still one has to start somewhere, circumcision supporters note. Source-Medinia GPL/M...

Religiosity May Be Instrumental In Preventing The Spread Of HIV-AIDS

...s, including why Catholics were more likely to use condoms despite the Catholic Church's prohibition on birth control, but said it was a point worthy of additional research and further exploration by faith-based communities. Other studies also have found differences between denominations in people's sexua...

Safer Sex for Teens Promoted by Helping Them Manage Stress

...icular behavior) was a major barrier to the use of condoms during sex. Reportedly, some teenage boys find ... decrease their anxiety about discussing and using condoms in order to use them safely and effectively," Lescano added. ANN...

Managing Emotions to Prevent HIV

...behavior) when confronted with the stress of using condoms is a powerful barrier to their use. "We found th... decrease their anxiety about discussing and using condoms in order to use them safely and effectively," explains Lescano. Prior studies show that adolescent...

Stigma, Lack of Education, Prevent the Spread of HIV in Afghanistan

... one of 126 surveyed sex workers was familiar with condoms and that one had knowledge of HIV/AIDS. There are no treatment centers in the country, and one clinic in Kabul monitors HIV/AIDS but does not provide access to antiretroviral drugs, the Times reports. According to the World Bank, which is providin...

India to Market Female Condoms

...ay launched a major initiative to introduce female condoms across the country, with an NGO// in Tamil Nadu pl...nationwide initiative in October to provide female condoms at just Rs.3 to NGOs working with female sex workers. The government has decided to distribute 500...

Northwest China Region Reports Six New Cases of HIV Daily

... The government is planning to promote the use of condoms in all hotels and entertainment venues and also plan to set up more methadone treatment clinics and consulting offices in public hospitals this year, it is stated. According to China's Ministry of Health, the number of officially reported HIV/AIDS ...

Diminishing Differences and Empowering Eves

...guing womanhood since eternity. Contraceptives and condoms for women have provided them with more control over family planning, a concept that was earlier non-existent. A woman of today need not enslave herself for the sake of bearing a child. She may opt for the father of her child to be confined, as an i...

Union Budget: Impact on Health Sector

...ster has also announced a strategy to popularize condoms and make the accessibility of blood screening universal . ? The recent budget has also removed the service tax on clinical trials. According to Dr. Pratap C. Reddy, Chairman of Apollo Hospitals, 'This will help in developing new treatment moda...

Free Condoms Distribution to Prevent HIV in Washington

... on Friday plan to distribute 250,000 city-branded condoms as part of the Department of Health's efforts to p...g together to stop HIV in D.C.' The first batch of condoms will go to several not-for-profit organizations and community health providers. Officials said the n...

Swedish Biotech Licenses HIV Drug to China for Development

..., told aidsmap: 'This should enhance the safety of condoms and will at least save a few infections.' MIV-160 is also an attractive microbicide product, he said, because it can inhibit HIV at very low concentrations – several thousand times lower than products currently being investigated in phase III tria...

Health Issues That Can Impact Sexual Satisfaction

... sex lives.” Protection is a must, she says, and condoms must be used 100 percent of the time. An important...is that with HPV, which can cause cervical cancer, condoms do not necessarily protect one’s partner against contracting the virus. 6. Stress. Got stress? If...

Australia Gears Up for Safe Sex Campaign

... and how it could affect them. Sage sex and use of condoms are also going to be urged. The amount spent on such campaigns is surely going to have a direct impact on the drug subsidies too. JYT...

Free Condoms in a Flashy Wrapper

According to New York health officials, condoms would have more users if wrapped attractively.// C...y the people. On an average, around 1.5 million condoms are given freely every month by the city’s health department. It is a known fact that condoms are us...

The Pill Comes Under the Spotlight

...es, is the second-most popular at 27 percent. Male condoms are next, at 18 percent. Some 19 percent of all American women aged 15 to 44 use The Pill, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But many men and women don't use birth control at all, or they use it without success. The outcome of these ...

Gere Jives To Bollywood Songs To Spread AIDS Awareness

...he gathering to repeat after him the slogan of "No condoms no sex". "It is inspiring to witness the convergence of societal leaders, community members, civil servants and celebrities to acknowledge the incomparable efforts of my friends (sex workers) in playing a central role in HIV prevention," the actor s...

Church’s View On Usage Of Condom

...dings and release a document soon. This study on condoms was conducted only on married couples in which one... Many cardinals, do not approve of the idea that condoms could be used with the approval of the church, saying that it would only help to spread AIDS by givi...

A Molecular Condom Against AIDS

...pread, where rape is rampant or where conventional condoms are taboo, not reliably available or where men resist using them. Worldwide, most AIDS cases are spread heterosexually. About 16 microbicides are in development and five are undergoing testing in thousands of women, mostly in Africa. They are design...

Indian Men Need Smaller Condoms

... Indian Council of Medical Research concludes that condoms designed //with the international male in mind is ...rassed about going to a chemist to ask for smaller condoms there should be vending machines dispensing different sizes all around the country,” he added. "Sm...

'Prevention, Cultural Changes Must Lead AIDS Battle'

...view of prevention techniques - whether it's using condoms or reducing the number of sexual partners. "What we are trying to do is meet them where they are in terms of their personal norms or their societal norms," said Cates. "We need multiple, reinforcing messages that slowly but surely will...add up to...

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