Monday, December 8th, 2008
Speaking at an international AIDS conference, Moscow's mayor Yury Luzhkov said that the authorities will continue to ban gay parades to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS.
"We have banned and will continue to forbid this propaganda by sexual minorities, as they could turn out to be one of the ...
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008
In a study conducted by the Institute of Condom Consultancy in Singen (germany) Frenchmen claimed to need 15.48 cm long condom. That's about 6 inch and 3 cm more than what the average Greek required.
The Study was conducted in 10,500 men in 25 countries who were asked to measure their ...
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Lack of funds and misused thereof are the two main causes of a failing HIV prevention. As noted by Emily Geminder, HIV prevention does not attract as much financial attention as a quest for an HIV treatment, and when funds are committed to prevention, they end up financing interventions that ...
Posted in Education, Media, Politics, Public Health, Science, Society | 3 Comments »
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
IRIN reports on African long haul truck drivers who entertain monogamous relationship with a girlfriend whilst they are on the road and their wife is a home.
"I decided to have one girlfriend, because if you go out with so many women then you risk getting HIV or other diseases," ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Surveys are not only interesting for the responses provided by their respondents but also for the unanswered questions raised by unasked questions. The 2007 UK Gay Men's Sex Survey is no exception and the latest report published in advance of the December release contains a few pearls of wisdom. The ...
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