'Youngsters are sexually active and we can't afford to look the other way any more' (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News)
Amid the controversy surrounding the introduction of HIV/AIDS in the Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board syllabus for Classes 9 and 11, many people are talking about removing entire chapters from the syllabus. Newsline talks to Arif Jafar, executive director of the Naz Foundation International, regional office, who has been working closely with HIV positive people to ascertain the relevance ......more...Songwriter retracts comments against Lavigne (Canada.com)
Chantal Kreviazuk performs at the opening ceremony for AIDS 2006, the 16th International AIDS conference in Toronto, August 13, 2006 file photo....more... Songwriter retracts comments against Lavigne (China Daily)
Chantal Kreviazuk, the fellow Canadian singer-songwriter who dismissed collaborator Avril Lavigne's writing skills in an interview in the June issue of Performing Songwriter magazine, has retracted her comments....more... Botswana: Celebrity Day Boosts Anti-Aids Campaign (AllAfrica.com)
Celebrity HIV Testing Day - a musically charged event - encouraged young people to test and know their HIV status to prevent further infections....more... No, your kids cannot now choose to have an abortion (Sunday Times)
CHILD welfare groups have dispelled some misconceptions regarding the Children?s Act which came into effect last week. Childline?s Joan van Niekerk said it was important to note that only certain sections of the Act had been implemented....more... Boom prompts look at ?Jonah in the Woods? (Jackson Hole News)
With a ?Jonah in the Woods? possible on 22,000 acres near Hoback Ranches, conservation groups are taking a hard look at the implications of wide-scale gas development on what some consider pristine national forest lands....more... India 360: 'What AIDS?' | Meerut docs suspended (IBN live)
Is there a cure to Indians' ignorance of AIDS and prejudice?...more... India 360: AIDS awareness zero (IBN live)
Is there a cure to Indians' ignorance of AIDS and prejudice? India 360 asks experts....more... India 360: AIDS awareness zero (IBN via Yahoo! India News)
Doctors in a hospital in Meerut refuse to treat a HIV positive pregnant woman, forcing her husband to deliver their child. In Pampady, Kerala, parents boycott a school for taking in five HIV positive children. The two stories this week proved ignorance about AIDS is a disease in all sections of the society. India 360 asks, is there a cure?...more... |