PHA-Exchange> World AIDS Day 2002- a special edition by the Inter Press Service.

[UNNIKRISHNAN P V (Dr)]

FYI:

A special edition for World AIDS Day 2002.
Visit the website http://www.ipsnews.net/aids2002/index.shtml for access to articles, analysis, statistical figures and testimonies.

La version de este especial en idioma español se encuentra en
http://www.ipsenespanol.net/sida2002/index.shtml

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CONTENTS:
Latin America:
Mixed Reception for Condom in Latin America
Patricia Grogg
The use of condoms is key to preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS, although many people in Latin America and the Caribbean who should be using them fail to do so due to cultural, social and financial hurdles.
http://www.ipsnews.net/aids2002/vacuna.shtml

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PERSONAL STORIES
''You have to get over the fear''
Néfer Muñoz
The following personal stories reflect the opinions of the generation that has grown up in a world marked by HIV/AIDS. With some differences, these six young Latin Americans agree that advances have been made in terms of sex education, but demand more information as an antidote to fear and discrimination.
http://www.ipsnews.net/aids2002/testimonios.shtml

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Health Workers Lead Fight against HIV-Related Discrimination
Mirta Roses  (PAHO Director-elect)
Science has yet to find a cure for AIDS. But there is a cure for discrimination. It can be found in the thousands of health workers in the Americas.
http://www.ipsnews.net/aids2002/discriminacion.shtml

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'Positive' Networks Open Doors in Latin America
Gustavo González
Discrimination continues to plague those who are HIV-positive in Latin America, but women and men with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are opening social spaces for themselves by creating their own organisations in which solidarity, activism and education all play a role.
http://www.ipsnews.net/aids2002/redes.shtml

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Youngsters Trapped Between AIDS and Ignorance
Diego Cevallos
Young people in Latin America, 560,000 of whom are living with HIV, are put at higher risk by contradictory advice or a complete lack of sex education.
http://www.ipsnews.net/aids2002/ignorancia.shtml

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The Dilemma Faced by HIV-Positive Pregnant Women
Dalia Acosta
Pregnant women living with HIV in Cuba are no longer under such heavy pressure to undergo an abortion, and perinatal transmission of the AIDS virus has been virtually eliminated through medical treatment administered to HIV-positive expectant mothers.
http://www.ipsnews.net/aids2002/latam.shtml

Africa:

HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Study Reveals the Grim Extent of HIV/AIDS Pandemic
Farah Khan
South Africa needs to reignite a debate on whether to make HIV/AIDS a notifiable disease, believes Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, in light of a mortality study which reveals the grim extent of the pandemic in South Africa.
http://www.ipsnews.net/aids2002/africa_1.shtml

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HEALTH-NIGERIA: Stigmatisation, the Bane of HIV/AIDS Scourge
Toye Olori
The rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria is a result of stigmatisation and discrimination against people who have tested positive, say experts.
http://www.ipsnews.net/aids2002/africa_2.shtml

North America:

HEALTH: Rapid HIV Testing Hailed as Boon for Pregnant Women
Katherine Stapp
Women's advocates are hailing a new HIV test that gives results in minutes, although they say that counselling and prevention are still key in fighting the disease.
http://www.ipsnews.net/aids2002/globla.shtml

Asia-Pacific:

HEALTH-PHILIPPINES: HIV/AIDS Caregivers Need Care Too
Marites Sison
Larri Hayhurst held a throw pillow with both hands, laid it on her lap, buried her head in it, and let out a scream.
http://www.ipsnews.net/aids2002/asia.shtml

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Gender, Rights and HIV/Aids. An IPS Multi Media Communication Programme
http://www.ipsnews.net/aids_2002/index.shtml

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