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Be aware, show you care

Make a pledge to stop spread of HIV/AIDS and show your support for HIV/AIDS patients. Join us for Red Ribbon activities to commemorate World AIDS Day.

Ignorance can kill you

Local (Updated: 30 Nov 2006)

Hence the need to come forward for Aids testing, say activists

The number of those getting tested for HIV/Aids is rising, thanks in part to anonymous testing and new rapid-testing procedures...

STOPS AIDS - Be aware, show you care.

Local (Updated: 30 Nov 2006)

Tomorrow is World AIDS Day, an annual reminder that HIV/AIDS is not merely a disease that happens to others in another part of the world, but a worthy cause that we can all rally behind. We spoke to Dr Koh Yang Huang, Deputy Director for Communicable Disease Education at the Health Promotion Board, and Prof Roy Chan, President of Action for Aids about this year's AIDS campaign and the state of HIV/AIDS in Singapore.

New command in Aids battle

Local (Updated: 28 Nov 2006)

Finally, a high-level committee formed to tackle Aids issue

Two decades and a year after the first human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases were reported in Singapore, a high-level committee has finally been formed just to look into the fight against the virus and its outcome, Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (Aids)...

Seeing RED

Local (Updated: 28 Nov 2006)

A disease that is already ravaging populations in places like Africa and India, Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) has the potential to become widespread epidemic if more people are not educated on how to better prevent and halt its spread. In conjunction with World Aids Day, Dec 1, we look at an important aspect - HIV / Aids Treatment.

No HIV babies since screening started

Local (Updated: 28 Jul 2006)

NO BIRTHS of HIV-infected babies have been reported since the screening of others- to-be for the virus was introduced, said Prof K Satku, director of medical services for the Ministry of Health...

Not just men to carry condoms anymore

Local (Updated: 21 Jul 2006)

A new six-month campaign has kicked off in various pubs to educate young single women about protecting themselves against HIV infection. Action for Aids (AFA), a non-government organisation, is behind this campaign.

According to the Ministry of Health, one in two women infected with HIV last year was between 20 and 39 years old.

AFA believes this group of young women is most vulnerable and will work with nightspots such as Club Momo and the Ministry of Sound to reach out to young single women, many of whom spend much of their time at clubs. The campaign aims to educate the women about the importance of safe sex and the right to ask the men to use protection.

"We're trying to tell women not to be shy (about) keeping a condom handy, in your handbag and within reach. It doesn't mean that the woman is saying, 'I'm looking for sex' or that she's a slut. It's just to be safe," said Ms Braema Mathi, vice-president of AFA.

During the campaign, condoms will be distributed at the participating clubs.