WHY CONDOMS COUNT IN THE PREVENTION OF HIV/AIDS
Tags: AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention; SEXUALLY transmitted diseases -- Prevention -- Equipment & supplies; CONDOMS
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- THE PAI REPORT CARD 2002: CONDOMS COUNT IN THE ERA OF HIV/AIDS. // Women's International Network News;Winter2003, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p23
Discusses the report 'The PAI Report Card 2002: Condoms Count in the Era of HIV/AIDS,' released by the Population Action International. Background on AIDS as the most devastating diseases in human history; Key recommendations for the success of fighting AIDS; Importance of condoms for the...
- THE CONDOM GAP: ENSURING ACCESS TO AN ESSENTIAL TOOL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS. // Foreign Affairs;May/Jun2003 Supplement, Vol. 82 Issue 3, p17
The male condom remains an essential component of a comprehensive strategy to reverse the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, but too few people at risk have access. According to UNAIDS, the six to nine billion condoms that are distributed each year constitute as little as one quarter of what is needed...
- Condom use seems to be reducing number of new HIV/AIDS cases. Sharma, Rohit // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);8/25/2001, Vol. 323 Issue 7310, p417
Reports that condom use in Asian countries has significantly reduced cases of HIV/AIDS. Efforts in Thailand and Cambodia to promote condom use; Condom use among commercial sex workers; Questions about how countries, such as China and India, will deal with the spread of the disease.
- S. African bishop presses case for condoms despite hierarchical resistance. Lefevere, Patricia // National Catholic Reporter;1/9/2004, Vol. 40 Issue 10, p10
Reports on the proposal of Bishop Kevin Dowling to modify church teaching on condoms with regard to the spread of AIDS in South Africa. Number of AIDS victims in the country; Remarks from Dowling on the issue of condom use; Support and oppositions received by Dowling's notion.
- Protect and survive. Stone, Alan // New Scientist;2/8/2003, Vol. 177 Issue 2381, p42
The article explores condoms and an effective vaccine against HIV substituted by a solution by scientist Alan Stone. Some 5 million people became infected with HIV in 2002 with most of them living in Sub-Saharan Africa. The scientists are trying to develop vaginal medications, called...
- STD/AIDS PREVENTION ACTIONS EVALUATION: RIO DE JANEIRO CITY CASE STUDY. Cruz, M.; Santos, E.; Monteiro, S. // Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health;Aug2004 Supplement 1, Vol. 58, pA76
This study aimed to evaluate STD/AIDS prevention actions by the State Public Health Services (GO) and Rio de Janeiro City's Civil Society Organization (CSO) in Brazil, targeting the young in situations of social vulnerability. The objective was to identify the most successful experiences,...
- Adding the Female Condom to the Public Health Agenda on Prevention of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Men and Women During Anal Intercourse. Kelvin, Elizabeth A.; Smith, Raymond A.; Mantell, Joanne E.; Stein, Zena A. // American Journal of Public Health;Jun2009, Vol. 99 Issue 6, p985
Legal barriers to conducting public health research on methods of protection for anal intercourse were lifted in the United States in 2003 when the US Supreme Court invalidated all state antisodomy laws. Although research funding has been available for the development of rectal microbicides, the...
- Commentary: The New Female Condom--Item 1 on a Women's AIDS Prevention Agenda. Gollub, Erica L.; Stein, Zena A. // American Journal of Public Health;Apr93, Vol. 83 Issue 4, p498
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has recommended that the female condom Reality be approved for contraception and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) prevention. Final FDA approval will mark the first official recognition of a woman-controlled method for protection...
- Condom Availability Programs in Massachusetts High Schools: Relationships With Condom Use and Sexual Behavior. Blake, Susan M.; Ledsky, Rebecca; Goodenow, Carol; Sawyer, Richard; Lohrmann, David; Windsor, Richard // American Journal of Public Health;Jun2003, Vol. 93 Issue 6, p955
Objectives. This study assessed relationships between condom availability programs accompanied by community discussion and involvement and adolescent sexual practices. Methods. Sexual practice and condom use differences were assessed in a representative sample of 4166 adolescents enrolled in...
