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NARAL Pro-Choice America Endorses Sen. Obama; EMILY's List Criticizes Endorsement (Medical News Today)

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT

NARAL Pro-Choice America's political action committee on Wednesday endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president, a move that drew criticism from EMILY's List, which supports Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), the

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Safe sex for money (Global Dashboard)

Fri, 16 May 2008 09:59:24 GMT

A post I wrote last week described a “push” approach to AIDS prevention - circumcise men, tell people to use condoms, encourage them not to sleep around too much etc. The World Bank is trying a different tack, using a “pull” method instead: pay people not to get infected and let them work out for [...]

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Centenary Bank aids Nkozi student (New Vision)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT

CENTENARY Bank has sponsored the best second- year Barchelor of Business Administration student at the Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi.

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Cash for safe sex program hopes to stop AIDS in Tanzania (iTWire - Latest Headlines)

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:46:08 GMT

The World Bank is experimenting on a test program that provides money to people in Tanzania who do not contract sexually transmitted diseases. Will it work? Is it ethical?

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Britons risk health by shunning condoms (Metro.co.uk)

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:48:36 GMT

Nearly half of Britons are risking sexually transmitted diseases by not wearing a condom with a new partner.

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Uganda: Researchers Call for Circumcision to Fight HIV/Aids (All Africa)

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:02:19 GMT

Policy analysts at two leading American Universities are urging that male circumcision and partner reduction should become the focus of prevention efforts in countries such as Uganda with generalised HIV epidemics.

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Cuba Increasing HIV Prevention Efforts Targeted At MSM, Health Official Says (Medical News Today)

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Health officials in Cuba this year will focus HIV prevention messages at men who have sex with men, Rosaida Ochoa, director of the National Center for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV, said recently, EFE News Service reports. Ochoa, who was speaking ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia on May 17, said that about 80% of people living with HIV in Cuba...

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Muslim Clerics in Kenya declare war on condoms - Shariah laws at work, will they ban the pill next? How about Insulin? (Shariah Finance Watch)

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:40:08 GMT

Muslim Clerics in Kenya declare war on condomsAIDS patient in Kenya http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2008/05/muslim-clerics-in-kenya-declare-war-on.html hat tip-Yid with a Lid Kenya is one of the most HIV/AIDS ravaged countries in the world. Approximately one out of every every 16 adults carry the HIV virus (on top of that 150,000 Kids). The government of Kenya has been trying to educate its population...

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(F1Technical.net) Drivers to take part in charity fashion show at Monaco (TotalF1.com - Recent Formula 1 News)

Tue, 13 May 2008 18:30:16 GMT

The Formula One drivers and their wives or girlfriends are to take part in a special charity fashion show during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend. The event will raise money for the Elton John Aids Foundation.

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Angola: Family Ministry Trains Peer Educators On HIV (All Africa)

Tue, 13 May 2008 17:44:53 GMT

Twenty workers, most of whom female staff from the Ministry of Family and Women Promotion (Minfamu), were upgraded last April 21-25, in Luanda, as peer educators at their workplace, to carry out preventive campaigns on HIV/Aids and other diseases.

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Sharon right on Girls Aloud (Belfast Telegraph)

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:28:21 GMT

Recently, the Belfast Telegraph headlined the increasing sexualisation of young children and two pages further on in the same issue headlined the massive increase in sexually-transmitted diseases among our teenagers.

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Herpes: Is a Cold Sore an STD? (MSNBC.com)

Mon, 12 May 2008 20:28:38 GMT

Cold sores--they always seem to pop up when you have a big interview, first date or important event. You know what they look like and what a pain they can be, but are they a sexually transmitted disease?

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Herpes: Is a Cold Sore an STD? (MSNBC.com: Newsweek Health)

Mon, 12 May 2008 20:28:38 GMT

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Sexual Health Screening Without Mention Of Sex (Medical News Today)

Sun, 11 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Young women would accept age-based screening for the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia, but would want this test to be offered to everyone, rather than to people 'singled out' according to their sexual history.In the study, published in the BioMed Central open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases, the Australian women interviewed did not like discussing their sex lives with their GPs.

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African AIDS strategies failing (Mission & Justice)

Sat, 10 May 2008 06:49:21 GMT

Mark Henderson; 10/5/08 The fight against the AIDS epidemic in Africa is founded on ineffective strategies and should focus on male circumcision and reducing promiscuity, according to leading scientists in the field. HIV containment is generally based on the “three pillars” - promotion and provision of condoms, HIV status testing and treatment of other sexually transmitted [...]

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Women Don't Want to Give Sex History (Red Orbit )

Sat, 10 May 2008 02:00:23 GMT

A study of young women in Australia said they would prefer age-based screening for the sexually transmitted infection Chlamydia if it was offered to all.

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AIDS Worker: Sex in Africa Is Different (Stereohyped)

Fri, 09 May 2008 22:03:52 GMT

In her new article in The Times of London, epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani, who has researched HIV for more than 10 years, says political correctness has impeded the eradication of HIV in Africa. Specifically, that the many nations and medical groups working to prevent the spread of HIV are unwilling to express this truth: “HIV is [...]

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UNC doctor gets highest faculty award (NewsObserver.com - Local & State)

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:24:29 GMT

A UNC-Chapel Hill HIV/AIDS doctor has received the school's highest faculty award.

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The wrong approach to AIDS (Global Dashboard)

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:06:47 GMT

A new study published in Science claims that funds for HIV prevention (like most funds directed at Africa, cynics might argue) are being wasted. Telling people to use condoms demonstrably doesn't work; asking them not to have sex is religion-inspired lunacy; testing for HIV has had little impact so far (although forthcoming research on this [...]

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Taking the sex out of sexual health screening (Physorg)

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:53:32 GMT

Young women would accept age-based screening for the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia, but would want this test to be offered to everyone, rather than to people singled out` according to their sexual history.

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NARAL Pro-Choice America Endorses Sen. Obama; EMILY's List Criticizes Endorsement (Medical News Today)

Safe sex for money (Global Dashboard)

Centenary Bank aids Nkozi student (New Vision)

Cash for safe sex program hopes to stop AIDS in Tanzania (iTWire - Latest Headlines)

Britons risk health by shunning condoms (Metro.co.uk)

Uganda: Researchers Call for Circumcision to Fight HIV/Aids (All Africa)

Cuba Increasing HIV Prevention Efforts Targeted At MSM, Health Official Says (Medical News Today)

Muslim Clerics in Kenya declare war on condoms - Shariah laws at work, will they ban the pill next? How about Insulin? (Shariah Finance Watch)

(F1Technical.net) Drivers to take part in charity fashion show at Monaco (TotalF1.com - Recent Formula 1 News)

Angola: Family Ministry Trains Peer Educators On HIV (All Africa)

Sharon right on Girls Aloud (Belfast Telegraph)

Herpes: Is a Cold Sore an STD? (MSNBC.com)

Herpes: Is a Cold Sore an STD? (MSNBC.com: Newsweek Health)

Sexual Health Screening Without Mention Of Sex (Medical News Today)

African AIDS strategies failing (Mission & Justice)

Women Don't Want to Give Sex History (Red Orbit )

AIDS Worker: Sex in Africa Is Different (Stereohyped)

UNC doctor gets highest faculty award (NewsObserver.com - Local & State)

The wrong approach to AIDS (Global Dashboard)

Taking the sex out of sexual health screening (Physorg)

Cash for safe sex program hopes to stop AIDS in Tanzania (iTWire - Latest Headlines)