HIV/AIDS
A message from a teen peer educator to parents, schools and policy makers: Providing us with 'abstinence-only-until-marriage' programs limits our decision making abilities and puts our lives at risk.
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There’s a sense—not always spoken, but implied—that a person in prison deserves to be there, and therefore doesn’t deserve health care, preventative or otherwise.
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By using the peer-to-peer model, the Minnesota International Health Volunteers program avoids, or at least reduces, public health obstacles that arise when there’s a culture clash.
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By Amy Dempsey, RH Reality Check August 28, 2009 - 11:22am
Abortion and Health Care Reform; Does Circumcision Protect Men from HIV/AIDS?; Michael Steele was For Abortion and Medicare
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There were tantalizing hints at this week's HIV prevention conference that CDC may be ready to seek significant changes in federal prevention policy and programs.
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I pray that one day the world will see us no differently than anyone else, and that for once, they can set aside the ignorance, and just accept us for who we are.
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Could pre-chewed baby food be a vector for HIV transmission? A report in Pediatrics suggests that it may -- but when thinking about this phenomenon, we need to avoid the knee-jerk "Ewwww" reaction that a ScienceNews reporter had.
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The case of an Iowa man sentenced to the maximum allowed by state law for failing to disclose to a one-time intimate partner that he was HIV-positive has been cited as evidence of the need to reevaluate state criminal transmission laws.
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By Paul Kawata, National Minority AIDS Council July 14, 2009 - 7:00am
Health care reform must ensure that all women have access to quality preventive health care, screening and the essential
community providers that continue to be the lifeline for many.
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Forbes India today evaluates Avahan, the $258 million Gates Foundation HIV prevention initiative on the ground in India. And the program doesn't fare well.
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