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Rates of HIV infection shows a sharp decline in south India

... only due to males using sex workers less or using condoms more often when they do. The not-so-good news is that trends in the north remain uncertain and poorly studied. Lead author Professor Rajesh Kumar at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India, says, The declin...

Nurses Help Sought To Check Teenage Pregnancies In English Schools

... Clinics based in secondary schools already offer condoms and the morning-after pill to pupils or arrange fast-track doctors' appointments. Statistics released recently reveal that thousands of 13-year-old girls have been handed the morning-after pill by health service staff without their parents' permis...

Incidence Of HIV/AIDS In The Indian Armed Forces Negligible

...rds of unprotected sex. We are even providing free condoms to soldiers," Singh pointed out. "I can say with confidence that deaths due to HIV/AIDS are almost nil. In the near future, we hope to insulate the armed forces from the scourge of HIV/AIDS," he added. The briefing was called to announce the 15th...

HIV Infection Rates on the Rise in Victoria

...'s study found gay men were preferring sex without condoms for the reasons such as intimacy and sensation. Engaging in unprotected sex to build trust and intimacy in a budding relationship led some men in Slavin's study to infection. Greg Iverson, from People Living with HIV-AIDs Victoria, believes that t...

Mobile Clinic For Sex Workers In Pune

...ching out to them. It will not only give them free condoms but also advise them on safe sex practices," said ... (MSACS) claims that it distributes around 200,000 condoms every month at a subsidised rate. "Besides, we have provided health facilities to over 2,000 sex wor...

Contraceptives to get some reprieve from VAT in UK

...of 17.5% on them. This is expected to come down on condoms and other contraceptives in the ensuing budget.Gor... the Treasury along with 9,000 condoms. "Making condoms cheaper will obviously make them more accessible to more people. Sexually transmitted diseases and u...

MP’s Ask for Reduction of VAT on Condoms, Essential Health Ite

... They have strongly invoked a re-categorization of condoms from a luxury item to an essential health item. E...ve said that "Over ￡7m is currently paid in VAT on condoms each year whilst, according to the Independent Advisory Group for Sexual Health and HIV report, the ...

Increased Funding For AIDS/HIV Program In Africa

...TI treatment and increased accessibility to female condoms and counseling services. The National Government's HIV/AIDS grant to provinces, that sponsors anti-retroviral treatment, would be eligible to receive the funding in addition to the HIV/AIDS life skills education grant. More than 1 lakh African peop...

'New York Condom' To Be Promoted Soon: Health Department

New York recidents who have been reciving free condoms for nearly 9 months will soon be provided with spe... as a promotional offer. More than 9 millions free condoms have been distributed since June, according to health officials. The proposal was announced by the...

Valentine's Day Attraction: Sale Of Condoms In School Proposed

The exciting Valentine’s Day proposal to sell condoms in school through installation of condom vending m...eynolds said vending machines would let pupils buy condoms easily and without guilt. "It's not for politicians to mandate other people's morals," she said. "B...

Spread Of AIDS Is Reduced Greatly In Zimbabwe Due To Change In Behavior

...f partners, delaying the initial sex // and using condoms have greatly reduced the number of people suffering from AIDS in that country. It was found that among women in the age group of 15-24 the prevalence of AIDS dropped by 49%. A 23% drop was witnessed among men in the age group of 17-29. Hence the ...

Home Based HIV counseling in African Countries

...ostly educate about having safe sex by handing out condoms to ensure that the virus is transmitted from the HIV positive partner to the HIV negative partner. In addition to HIV awareness the workers give mosquito nets and chlorine tablets to help in protecting from mosquito bites to prevent from malaria. ...

Indian Inc not proactive to HIV/AIDS threat: study

...provision for voluntary testing, 45 percent had no condoms program and 67 percent no treatment program. What is more discouraging is that 74 percent of the Indian companies revealed they had no anti-discrimination policy for protecting the interests of HIV/AIDS infected workers. On the positive side, 14 pe...

Many young women affected by HIV

...health agency statistics. "Men don't want to use condoms and women from the beginning of time have been tau...market. "They're not going to be as effective as condoms but they are looking very promising," Shahin says. With all these measures being taken it is time ...

Increased Risk Of HIV Transmission Following Vaginal Washing

...ns if any. This only throws light on the use of condoms and the concept of safe sex, the only method to prevent AIDS/HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. It further highlights the need for effective measures to prevent HIV infection, particularly in women. The researchers, a part of the Washingt...

Archaic Law Hindering HIV Prevention In Namibian Prisons

...prison are consensual and that inmates do not want condoms because they do not "want to be seen as having sex...nces of rape still occur between men in prison and condoms are needed to protect inmates. "We are sitting on a time bomb. The prevalence rate will increase if ...

Thailand had Fewer AIDS-Related Deaths, New HIV Cases In 2005

...agers and gay men. The country provided 24 million condoms to high-risk groups last year to aid prevention efforts....

Sex Education, Need Of The Hour In Public Schools

...ms with information on abstinence from sex, use of condoms and contraception, while 17% favored information on mere abstinence programs. At least one program on HIV/AIDS, during middle school and high school, was solicited. Majority of Californian adults are of the opinion that Sex Education in Public Sc...

The HIV Bug infects and alarms Beijing

... the condition China has been trying to distribute condoms and set up needle exchange and methadone treatment programs in the worst affected areas. It is also trying to provide more free antiretroviral drugs. "We have a huge task," said Mr Wu. "These two behaviors [drug use and commercial sex] are both hid...

Snippy haircuts, snappier AIDS lessons from barbers

... awareness about the disease and even distributing condoms to their clients every day. Ram Kumar, 25, runs ...cture - by a bus stand. "I have been distributing condoms and pamphlets to my customers for the last one year. Those who know about this scheme ask us about t...

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