December 1st--World AIDS Day
The official UK site:
http://www.worldaidsday.org/
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/12/01/world.aids.day.ap/index.html
"Today the face of AIDS is increasingly young and female," said Peter Piot, head of UNAIDS. "We will not be able to stop this epidemic unless we put women at the heart of the response to AIDS."
From Armenia to Zambia, concerts, marches and memorial services were being held to keep up the pressure against HIV/AIDS. Some 39.4 million people worldwide are infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS, according to the U.N. AIDS agency.
“The number of women living with HIV is on the rise in every region," Piot said. "Prevention methods such as the ABC approach -- Abstinence, Be faithful and use Condoms -- are good, but not enough to protect women where gender inequality is pervasive.
"We must be able to ensure that women can choose marriage, to decide when and with whom they have sex and to successfully negotiate condom use."
http://www.worldaidsday.org/
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/12/01/world.aids.day.ap/index.html
"Today the face of AIDS is increasingly young and female," said Peter Piot, head of UNAIDS. "We will not be able to stop this epidemic unless we put women at the heart of the response to AIDS."
From Armenia to Zambia, concerts, marches and memorial services were being held to keep up the pressure against HIV/AIDS. Some 39.4 million people worldwide are infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS, according to the U.N. AIDS agency.
“The number of women living with HIV is on the rise in every region," Piot said. "Prevention methods such as the ABC approach -- Abstinence, Be faithful and use Condoms -- are good, but not enough to protect women where gender inequality is pervasive.
"We must be able to ensure that women can choose marriage, to decide when and with whom they have sex and to successfully negotiate condom use."