Ruling for AIDS Funding Challenged
...because it has been helping in the distribution of condoms to prostitutes and other sex workers in Vietnam. Last year DKT sued the U.S. Agency for International Development, for violation of their free speech rights by a 2003 law that requires them to explicitly oppose prostitution and sex trafficking as a ...Men Continue To Pay For Sex Despite Having Partners
...men paid for sex while at home or abroad, but used condoms in most cases except when they were out of the country. Around 2,500 men were questioned at a sexual health clinic between October 2002 and February 2004. None of the men tested positive for HIV, but one in five had a sexually transmitted infections...Government Failed to Prevent Rising Teen Pregnancies
.... "We have also recently reduced the VAT rate on condoms and other contraceptives - making them cheaper than ever before." A spokesman for the Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care said emergency contraception was an important back-up. Michaela Aston, of LIFE, said: "We now have evide...Rise in Use of Female Condoms in South Africa
The use of female condoms appears to be rising in South Africa, which has be...cidence of HIV/Aids globally and the use of female condoms forms a focal point of government's national program of ABC abstinence, be faithful, condomise messa...Beijing Health Bureau Confirms Death Of A Person Due To Aids
...March this year had instructed all hotels to place condoms in their rooms, but Guan said only 60 out of the nearly 5,000 hotels in the city have done so. The official added that the city was also planning to open six methadone clinics this year to help drug abusers drop their habit in a bid to curb the spre...Usage Of A Condom By A Teenager Varies With Their Perception Of Partners
...despite the fact that they were more likely to use condoms with a casual partner than with someone with whom ...ls that teens may overestimate the safety of using condoms most of the time with a casual partner and underestimate the risk of unprotected sex with a serious ...Need for Change in Social Norms to Prevent Spread of HIV
...eceive intensive preventive counselling, access to condoms and treatment for their other sexually transmitted...d delaying their sexual debut, and people embraced condoms and partner reduction, the infection rate came down. However she warned that there were limits to...Good Morning! "Have Safe Sex Please"
... Independence Day they found a taped pack of three condoms on the front page. "Earlier we distributed condoms at wine shops and bars, through milk vendors and at pan (tobacco) shops but we met with lukewarm res...Safe Sex and Good Sex is the Talk of AIDS Conference
Tens of thousands of red, yellow, pink and blue condoms have flooded downtown Toronto. But talking about sexual pleasure is a somewhat sticky issue at the world's largest// AIDS conference. "Fear of AIDS will not scare people into having safer sex. It will become like the anti-smoking drives which every...HIV Prevention through Abstinence-only Programs
...ual activity while making teens less likely to use condoms when they do start having sex However the study fo...ies that show that children are less likely to use condoms as a result of an abstinence intervention. I've looked in the literature; there are no studies that ...Education Helps Understanding Importance of HIV protection and prevention
...rls with more education are far more likely to use condoms and they are less likely to contract HIV." Action Aid has summed up their analysis saying that education endows women with power and confidence , and assists them in taking independent and beneficial decisions regarding sex. ...AIDS Campaign Enrages HIV Infected Swazis
... involved in the spread of HIV. The failure to use condoms is the main problem. Sibusiso Mngadi, head of communications of NERCHA, declared the campaign a success because it had sparked a debate on HIV. The campaign had aimed at changing sexual behaviour to reduce the spread of the virus. SWANNEPHA prote...Vietnam Takes a Major Step to Prevent HIV/AIDS
...News, inns are to be allowed to sell or distribute condoms for the first time in Vietnam.// As a measure to..., Vietnam will allow the sales and distribution of condoms under a law on HIV/AIDS slated to come into effect from Jan. 1, 2007. Presently, condom sales and di...Church to Have an Active Role in the Prevention of AIDS
...at help in combating AIDS. Advocating the use of condoms has become an issue for some churches. Such churches do have the option of leaving that message to government or others while they contribute in other valuable ways. As the old African-American spiritual says, echoing the biblical phrase, "There i...Teens In UK Do Not Know How To Use A Condom
...teenagers with their lack of knowledge of sing the condoms were exposing themselves o the risks of pregnancie...xpressed as the most common reasons on not wearing condoms was to enhance intimacy, as they felt that sex was better without one, because other contraceptive d...India Launches A Massive Campaign Against HIV/AIDS In Rural Areas
...ocal leaders would be encouraged to make sure that condoms would be more easily accessible and also to introduce Aids education in schools. Currently the village councils manage rural development plans, community services, and public health and family welfare. Explaining that the council members usually be...New Cancer-Blocking Algae Found
...e sold in the form of lubricated products, such as condoms or gel. The main advantage of this natural compound derived from seaweed is that it is available in plenty along the Atlantic Coast and is inexpensive to produce making it much cheaper than the HPV vaccine. The researchers believe this would help...Fear of Condom but Love of Risk
...hobic have been heaped on him//. The fear of using condoms led him to engage in unprotected sex willfully, with several male partners and thus became a transmitter of the disease. The man in question has been slapped with 30 or more charges, which also includes a grave intention of inflicting a very serio...AIDS Control Programme to Focus on District Level
... and NGOs on the issue. "Increasing the usage of condoms among the rural people will also get a further boost through these programmes. It nutshell, the district will be the focus of India to combat the disease," Rao said. (Source: IANS)...Condom sense: Slip on the perfectly sized condom to avoid mishaps
...5% of the surveyed people were not even aware that condoms were available in different lengths and sizes. ...nt shapes and sizes and so do condoms. Poor use of condoms can have devastating consequences on people's sexual health. Recent figures show the United Kingdom ...