Why were the HIV prevention trials in commercial sex workers abandoned?
One promising approach to help stem the global HIV epidemic is to give commercial sex workers an HIV medication (such as the drug tenofovir) before they have high risk sex in the hope of reducing their chances of becoming infected, an approach called "pre-exposure prophylaxis" (PREP). But activist groups, including Act Up-Paris have "halted the progress of at least two important clinical trials o...AIDS Afflicted Children Abandoned
The UN Childrens' Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that as many as 1,000 children in Venezuela may be infected with the HIV virus. The families of 390 children have abandoned them, and they are forced to fend for themselves. // The country’s Health Ministry sources have revealed that there are over 60 non-governmental organizations in the nation that are contributing towards spreading awarenes...Three-year-old Abandoned in Box Meant for Unwanted Babies in Japan
Close on the heels of the outrage over an insensitive caption for the picture of an abandoned baby in Melbourne in Australia, comes the news that a pre-schooler was found left in a cardboard box kept by a Japanese hospital for unwanted babies. The drop-off was opened by the Catholic-run Jikei Hospital in the southern city of Kumamoto to discourage abortions and the abandonment of chil...Furious Reaction to insensitive Caption of the Picture of Abandoned Baby Girl
Several Australian feminists have denounced Telegraph, a popular daily, for carrying a large picture of an abandoned infant girl and a caption alongside , How could she? The all too obvious reference to the mother who abandoned the girl, for whatever reason, has infuriated many who say the newspaper has been insensitive. "It is outrageous, it is irresponsible, it is unpr...