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HEALTH: No Sex Education Please - We're Indian
2007-08-30 17:22:00 NEW DELHI, Aug 30 (IPS) - Though adolescents are said to be at the centre of the AIDS epidemic and India has the largest number of infections in Asia, this conservative country continues to shy away from incorporating sex education in school curricula.As many as 11 of India?s 29 state governments have either banned or are in the process of dropping sex education from school programmes. Education and health are state domains in India?s federal system. Such a state of affairs recently prompted India?s outspoken federal minister for women and child development, Renuka Chaudhary, to remark that India seemed to her like ??a nation of hypocrites". Among major states that have banned sex education in state-run schools are western Maharashtra and Gujarat and central Madhya Pradesh. Among grounds cited were overtly explicit teaching modules and pictures that were too graphic. Private schools are continuing with lessons, but many have watered them down to avoid controversy. Other states expec... More About: Health , Indian , Duca , Sex Education
AIDS awareness through folk arts
2007-08-24 06:49:00 WITH A MESSAGE: Artistes performing at a workshop for cultural troupes on AIDS awareness in Bangalore on Wednesday. Folk artistes will be performing in villages and towns, subtly promoting awareness about AIDS/HIV.The Song and Drama Division (SDD) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is holding workshops for folk troupes to train them to include understated messages about the disease in order to prevent its further spread. Street play actors, for example, will bring up the issue of AIDS in their performances by skilfully weaving it into the storyline instead of an in-your-face manner.Yakshagana, puppetry and Srikrishna Parijatha troupes in Karnataka and katha prasangam, kalaripayattu, and vilpaattu troupes in Kerala are being used to achieve the goal, according to SSD?s Regional Centre Manager Jitendra Panpatil.The country has 12.5 lakh people with AIDS as on August 31, 2006, according to the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) attached to the Union Ministry of Hea... More About: Arts , Awareness , Aids , Folk Art
UTS raffles SUV
2007-08-10 06:46:00 If you can guess the number of condoms crammed into a new 2008 Ford Escape, you can be the owner of this brand new ride. The new vehicle is being raffled by United Telecommunications Services (UTS) in a ?Chippie Cares? campaign that supports HIV/AIDS awareness. All proceeds from the campaign will be divided among the AIDS foundation on French St. Martin and the three AIDS foundations in the Windward Islands: St. Maarten Aids Foundation, Saba Aids Foundation and Statia Aids Foundation. The vehicle is packed with Durex condoms; and the person who guesses the number of condoms will win the vehicle. Persons can text their answers to 6565. The raffle will be drawn on World Aids Day, December 1. If more than one person guesses the correct number, a raffle will be held among the winners to determine one winner. If no one has the correct answers, the person who comes the closest to the correct answer, without going over, will win. ?Someone will definitely win,? said UTS official Christina... More About: Raffle
Five US Teens Honored for 'Global Action'
2007-07-29 16:25:00 Five U.S. students have been honored for their efforts in fighting global poverty. Victoria Cavaliere reports from VOA's New York bureau that the students have taken on projects ranging from sanitizing drinking water to fighting the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus. NetAid.org screenshotThe third annual Global Action Awards, hosted by NetAid, is half celebration, half awards ceremony. NetAid is an initiative of the global humanitarian group Mercy Corps, and works to educate and empower young people about global poverty and its impact. This year, NetAid picked five students who embody what it calls "the remarkable drive to change the world." The students range in age from 17 to 19. All say they were moved to act because they felt a larger connection to the world they live in. J.B. Dill, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was honored for developing a water filtration system made of cloth and charcoal, which he helped distribute in rural Africa. He says he was inspired by a woman in I... More About: Teens , Five
Aus to host HIV/AIDS conference
2007-07-22 14:27:00 The world's largest conference on HIV/AIDS is getting underway in the Australian city of Sydney with over 5,000 delegates attending.The conference will examine research suggesting that male circumcision can reduce HIV infection rates by 60 per cent.The participants are also being urged to sign a declaration, which is aimed at boosting HIV research funding. More About: Host , Ferenc , Conference , Aids
Aus to host HIV/AIDS conference
2007-07-22 14:27:00 The world's largest conference on HIV/AIDS is getting underway in the Australian city of Sydney with over 5,000 delegates attending.The conference will examine research suggesting that male circumcision can reduce HIV infection rates by 60 per cent.The participants are also being urged to sign a declaration, which is aimed at boosting HIV research funding. More About: Host , Ferenc , Conference , Aids
Sex Education Creates Storm in AIDS-Stricken India
2007-07-15 13:34:00 MUMBAI, May 14 (Reuters) - Moves to bring sex out of the closet in largely conservative India have kicked up a morality debate between educators who say sex education will reduce HIV rates, and critics who fear it will corrupt young minds. It's an emotive issue pitting modernists against conservatives in a country with the world's highest number of HIV cases at about 5.7 million, a figure that experts say may balloon to over 20 million by 2010. Biology teacher Thelma Seqeira infuriates conservatives in India every time she tells her students about masturbation, condoms and homosexuality. Seqeira is doing exactly what India's federal government wants the country's 29 states and seven federally-administered regions to do -- fight the exponential spread of HIV/AIDS with information on safe sex. "Sex education is the best way to prepare my students for adolescence and protect them from HIV/AIDS," said Seqeira, who teaches at a private school in Maharashtra state, western India. But ... More About: Education , Storm , Ducati , Create
Sex Education Creates Storm in AIDS-Stricken India
2007-07-15 13:34:00 MUMBAI, May 14 (Reuters) - Moves to bring sex out of the closet in largely conservative India have kicked up a morality debate between educators who say sex education will reduce HIV rates, and critics who fear it will corrupt young minds. It's an emotive issue pitting modernists against conservatives in a country with the world's highest number of HIV cases at about 5.7 million, a figure that experts say may balloon to over 20 million by 2010. Biology teacher Thelma Seqeira infuriates conservatives in India every time she tells her students about masturbation, condoms and homosexuality. Seqeira is doing exactly what India's federal government wants the country's 29 states and seven federally-administered regions to do -- fight the exponential spread of HIV/AIDS with information on safe sex. "Sex education is the best way to prepare my students for adolescence and protect them from HIV/AIDS," said Seqeira, who teaches at a private school in Maharashtra state, western India. But ... More About: Education , Storm , Ducati , Create
HIV/AIDS Cases In India About Half Of Previous Estimates, Health Minister S
2007-07-11 08:03:00 The number of people estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS in India is about 2.47 million, or half of previous estimates, according to United Nations-backed government estimates released on Friday, Indian Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss announced, Reuters reports (Zaheer, Reuters, 7/6). UNAIDS estimates from 2006 said that there were about 5.7 million people living with HIV/AIDS in India (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 7/3).The new estimate decreases India's HIV prevalence from 0.9% to 0.36%, Ramadoss said. The new estimate was calculated with the assistance of international agencies, such as the United Nations and USAID. According to Reuters, the earlier estimate was based on blood samples taken from pregnant women and high-risk groups, such as injection drug users and commercial sex workers. The new estimate was based on a population-based survey that took blood samples from 102,000 people to determine HIV prevalence among the general population. Population-based surveys are "mor... More About: Cases , Half
HIV/AIDS Cases In India About Half Of Previous Estimates, Health Minister S
2007-07-11 08:03:00 The number of people estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS in India is about 2.47 million, or half of previous estimates, according to United Nations-backed government estimates released on Friday, Indian Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss announced, Reuters reports (Zaheer, Reuters, 7/6). UNAIDS estimates from 2006 said that there were about 5.7 million people living with HIV/AIDS in India (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 7/3).The new estimate decreases India's HIV prevalence from 0.9% to 0.36%, Ramadoss said. The new estimate was calculated with the assistance of international agencies, such as the United Nations and USAID. According to Reuters, the earlier estimate was based on blood samples taken from pregnant women and high-risk groups, such as injection drug users and commercial sex workers. The new estimate was based on a population-based survey that took blood samples from 102,000 people to determine HIV prevalence among the general population. Population-based surveys are "mor... More About: Cases , Half
Global HIV/AIDS conference opens in Kenya
2007-07-08 13:09:00 An international HIV/AIDS conference opened in Nairobi Thursday with United Nations affirming the centrality of gender equality and recognition of the critical role that women play in the fight against the pandemic. The International Summit on Women's Leadership on HIV and AIDS is seeking to mobilize urgent responses to rising HIV infection rates among women and girls in the world. Addressing the forum, World Health Organization(WHO) Director General Dr. Margaret Chan called on women use their numerical strength in tackling the pandemic which has killed millions of people. Dr. Chan said poverty, gender inequality and intimate partner violence are among the factors which drive the HIV/AIDS and called on women to turn the tide on the epidemic. "Women must be in the driver's seat" in order to keep the promise of achieving universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support, Chan told hundreds of women at a YWCA summit in Nairobi. "Women can turn the t... More About: Kenya , Global , Ferenc , Conference , Aids
Global HIV/AIDS conference opens in Kenya
2007-07-08 13:09:00 An international HIV/AIDS conference opened in Nairobi Thursday with United Nations affirming the centrality of gender equality and recognition of the critical role that women play in the fight against the pandemic. The International Summit on Women's Leadership on HIV and AIDS is seeking to mobilize urgent responses to rising HIV infection rates among women and girls in the world. Addressing the forum, World Health Organization(WHO) Director General Dr. Margaret Chan called on women use their numerical strength in tackling the pandemic which has killed millions of people. Dr. Chan said poverty, gender inequality and intimate partner violence are among the factors which drive the HIV/AIDS and called on women to turn the tide on the epidemic. "Women must be in the driver's seat" in order to keep the promise of achieving universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support, Chan told hundreds of women at a YWCA summit in Nairobi. "Women can turn the t... More About: Kenya , Global , Ferenc , Conference , Aids
Corporate Responses to HIV/AIDS in India
2007-07-06 07:38:00 HIV/AIDS is a condition that affects young adults, reducing their productivity and bringing their lives to an early end. While assessing the economic impact of AIDS is difficult, studies suggest that some of the hardest-hit countries with generalized epidemics may forfeit 2 per cent or more of annual GDP growth. Thus businesses have much to gain from preventing the spread of HIV infection among their workers, suppliers and customers during their peak years.A January 2007 study titled ?Corporate Response s to HIV/AIDS: Case Studies from India ? by the World Bank, the World Bank Institute, and the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) has found that taking early action on prevention pays off for companies. Not only does it reduce the future burden of death and disability, but also averts the high cost of treating and caring for large numbers of people living with HIV and AIDS.Such an epidemic can also have broad macroeconomic effects, such as dampening markets, saving rates, investment,... More About: Rate , Aids
Corporate Responses to HIV/AIDS in India
2007-07-06 07:38:00 HIV/AIDS is a condition that affects young adults, reducing their productivity and bringing their lives to an early end. While assessing the economic impact of AIDS is difficult, studies suggest that some of the hardest-hit countries with generalized epidemics may forfeit 2 per cent or more of annual GDP growth. Thus businesses have much to gain from preventing the spread of HIV infection among their workers, suppliers and customers during their peak years.A January 2007 study titled ?Corporate Response s to HIV/AIDS: Case Studies from India ? by the World Bank, the World Bank Institute, and the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) has found that taking early action on prevention pays off for companies. Not only does it reduce the future burden of death and disability, but also averts the high cost of treating and caring for large numbers of people living with HIV and AIDS.Such an epidemic can also have broad macroeconomic effects, such as dampening markets, saving rates, investment,... More About: Rate , Aids
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