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AIDS message delivered across the globe
It was a red ribbon day of remembrance Sunday as World AIDS Day was marked with renewed vigor after a U.N. agency reported an accelerating death toll.
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Millions unite to promote AIDS awareness
Enormous red ribbons, the symbol of AIDS awareness, adorned the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Australia. Archbishop Desmond Tutu called on South Africans to "Please use a condom." China opted for a more shocking approach, posting photos of an emaciated AIDS victim in a central Beijing park.
Africa hardest-hit by HIV
More than half the world's HIV-positive population lives in Africa, where the virus has cut the average life expectancy by as much as 10 years in some areas over the past decade.
Thailand: Free condom with fill-up
Distribution campaign targets young men
The gas station seems an unlikely place to battle against the spread of AIDS. But to the government of Thailand, it makes perfect sense.
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Medical Information
- CDC - AIDS Clinical Trials/Treatment
- World Health Organization - AIDS/HIV Page
- AIDS treatment news
- The Body: A multimedia AIDS and HIV information resource
- Project Inform
- American Foundation for AIDS Research
- AIDS Education & Research Trust
Activist Groups / Events / Political Information
- World AIDS Day 1996
- UNAIDS - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
- HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports
- In the Best Interest of the Children - Pediatric AIDS awareness organization
- AIDS Education Global Information System
- POZ: online magazine for the HIV positive
- Positive Nation
- CDC: Mother-to-child transmission of HIV declines - November 21, 1996
- Drug that caused birth defects may help AIDS patients - November 8, 1996
- Study: Interleukin 2 boosts immunity of AIDS patients - October 30, 1996
- Activists, doctors pursue AIDS cure together, for a change - October 25, 1996
- AIDS research progress may limit life insurance options - July 21, 1996
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