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A man on his mobile phone in Kolkata. A cellphone ringtone that ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:35:44 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man on his mobile phone in Kolkata. A cellphone ringtone that chants "condom, condom!" has been launched in India to promote safe sex and tackle the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic(AFP/File)

Grace Odhiambo, one of the teachers at Rabuor Nursery School, ...

(AP) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:45:17 GMT

(AP) - Grace Odhiambo, one of the teachers at Rabuor Nursery School, in Rabuor village, Kenya is shown in June 2008, leading the children in song during morning assembly. Led by Loyce Mbewa-Ong'udi and her mother, Rabuor rose from the depths of the AIDS epidemic to build a nursery school, feeding program, pharmacy, youth group and other projects with hardly any international aid. (AP Photo/Barbara Borst)

Chinese condoms on sale in Beijing. Beijing's health authorities ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:01:49 GMT

(AFP/File) - Chinese condoms on sale in Beijing. Beijing's health authorities distributed 400,000 free condoms in over 400 hotels in the Olympic city in a bid to raise awareness of safe sex and AIDS prevention, state media reported on Friday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)

Italian director Gabriele Muccino poses as he arrives at the ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:39:05 GMT

(Reuters) - Italian director Gabriele Muccino poses as he arrives at the party for the inaugural Cinema Against AIDS Rome event to benefit the Foundation to AIDS Research (amfAR), October 26, 2007. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

Italian director Gabriele Muccino poses as he arrives at the ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:05:04 GMT

A volunteer suffering from HIV/AIDS makes AIDS symbols with ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:57:10 GMT

(Reuters) - A volunteer suffering from HIV/AIDS makes AIDS symbols with red ribbons during a vaccination programme organised by a non-government organisation 'Sngobadho' (Together) at their office on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri August 5, 2008. (Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A gay couple attends a demonstration against homophobia in Mexico ...

(AP) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:16:41 GMT

(AP) - A gay couple attends a demonstration against homophobia in Mexico City, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008. Experts say discrimination has driven gay and bisexual men in developing nations underground, turning them into one of the epidemic's hardest groups to reach. In 86 nations, homosexual sex is considered a crime, and in seven countries it is punishable by death, according to the Foundation for AIDS Research, known as Amfar.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

AIDS ribbons. The 17th International AIDS Conference that ended ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:47:24 GMT

(AFP/File) - AIDS ribbons. The 17th International AIDS Conference that ended Friday has highlighted the dilemma of success among activists seeking funding for AIDS patients: the more lives you save, the more the bill goes up.(AFP/File)

A man creates am AIds awareness ribbon. The 17th International ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:47:24 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man creates am AIds awareness ribbon. The 17th International AIDS Conference that ended Friday has highlighted the dilemma of success among activists seeking funding for AIDS patients: the more lives you save, the more the bill goes up.(AFP/File/Toru yamanaka)

An Indian woman makes a red ribbon using coloured sand at the ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:39:46 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Indian woman makes a red ribbon using coloured sand at the Global village in Mexico City on August 6, 2008 during an exhibition at the XVII International AIDS/HIV Conference. The world AIDS conference ended Friday with appeals for further funds to care for people infected by HIV and a scaleup of efforts to root out AIDS stigma and prevent the lethal virus from spreading.(AFP/File/Luis Acosta)

A group of women shout slogans as they take part in the Women's ...

(AFP) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:39:46 GMT

(AFP) - A group of women shout slogans as they take part in the Women's World March in Mexico City on August 5, 2008 in the sidelines of the XVII International AIDS/HIV Conference. The world AIDS conference ended here Friday with appeals for further funds to care for people infected by HIV and a scaleup of efforts to root out AIDS stigma and prevent the lethal virus from spreading.(AFP/Alfredo Estrella)

Phumeza Matyeni,seen in 2004, prepares her pill-box with medication ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:27:17 GMT

(AFP/File) - Phumeza Matyeni,seen in 2004, prepares her pill-box with medication at a clinic in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. A major pharmaceutical company in South Africa, which has the world's highest HIV rate, issued a recall on Friday of generic anti-retroviral drugs due to a packaging error.(AFP/File/Anna Zieminski)

People protest during the XVII International AIDS/HIV Conference, ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:10:32 GMT

(AFP/File) - People protest during the XVII International AIDS/HIV Conference, on August 6, 2008 in Mexico City. Sex between men, which is prevalent in the Caribbean region, must be decriminalized or AIDS will never be beaten there, experts at an AIDS conference in Mexico City said Thursday.(AFP/File/Luis Acosta)

Pictures of HIV patients are hung on display at the Global village ...

(AFP) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:10:32 GMT

(AFP) - Pictures of HIV patients are hung on display at the Global village in Mexico City, on August 6, 2008. Sex between men, which is prevalent in the Caribbean region, must be decriminalized or AIDS will never be beaten there, experts at an AIDS conference in Mexico City said Thursday.(AFP/Luis Acosta)

An Algerian boy screams while a doctor circumcises him during ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:14:42 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Algerian boy screams while a doctor circumcises him during a mass circumcision at a local hospital in Algiers City in 2007. Circumcision appears to offer men even greater protection against the AIDS virus than thought and also partially shield them against a common sexually-transmitted disease, two studies presented at the world AIDS conference said Thursday.(AFP/File/Fayez Nureldine)

An Iraqi father steadys his son as he undergoes a circumcision ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:14:42 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Iraqi father steadys his son as he undergoes a circumcision at a clinic in Baghdad on July 13. Circumcision appears to offer men even greater protection against the AIDS virus than thought and also partially shield them against a common sexually-transmitted disease, two studies presented at the world AIDS conference said Thursday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

A member of Jamaica's gay community takes part in the first ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:58:16 GMT

(AFP/File) - A member of Jamaica's gay community takes part in the first international march against stigma, discrimination and homophobia, in Mexico City, on August 2. Sex between men, which is prevalent in the Caribbean region, must be decriminalized or AIDS will never be beaten there, experts at an AIDS conference in Mexico City said Thursday.(AFP/File/Alfredo Estrella)

A woman passes by a poster showing a big AIDS red ribbon at ...

(AFP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:16:47 GMT

(AFP) - A woman passes by a poster showing a big AIDS red ribbon at the Global Village in Mexico City. Children, long neglected in the fight against AIDS, still lack access to effective HIV detection programs and treatments, participants warned Thursday, at a six-day world AIDS conference.(AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt)

HIV positive transvestite Melisa, who was shot by unknown assailants, ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:34:11 GMT

(AP) - HIV positive transvestite Melisa, who was shot by unknown assailants, lies in a hospital in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Friday, July 18, 2008. Honduras accounts for more than half of reported HIV infections in Central America and many AIDS workers have criticized what they see as the tendency in Honduras to treat the two groups hardest hit by the epidemic, homosexuals and sex workers, as outcasts.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Activists and delegates hold a protest against the US government ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:23:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - Activists and delegates hold a protest against the US government at the XVII International AIDS/HIV Conference in Mexico City on August 6, 2008. Dozens of US AIDS activists called on White House candidates to commit to HIV prevention, as experts warned of emerging US public indifference towards the disease.(AFP/File/Luis Acosta)

Activists and delegates hold a protest against HIV policies ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:23:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - Activists and delegates hold a protest against HIV policies of many governemts at the XVII International AIDS/HIV Conference in Mexico City on August 6, 2008. Dozens of US AIDS activists called on White House candidates to commit to HIV prevention, as experts warned of emerging US public indifference towards the disease.(AFP/File/Luis Acosta)

Activists and delegates hold a protest against the US government ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:23:10 GMT

Lilian Butau, 45, an HIV-positive widow, as she sits in her ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:18:05 GMT

(AFP/File) - Lilian Butau, 45, an HIV-positive widow, as she sits in her house in Harare's township of Mbare. While many are going hungry in crisis-wracked Zimbabwe, Butau's case is more disturbing in that she is both struggling to get food and has also been unable to take life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) for the last four months.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)

Lilian Butau, 45, an HIV-positive widow, seen at her house in ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:18:05 GMT

(AFP/File) - Lilian Butau, 45, an HIV-positive widow, seen at her house in Harare's township of Mbare. While many are going hungry in crisis-wracked Zimbabwe, Butau's case is more disturbing in that she is both struggling to get food and has also been unable to take life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) for the last four months.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)

Lilian Butau, 45, an HIV-positive widow, chews on a small piece ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:18:05 GMT

(AFP/File) - Lilian Butau, 45, an HIV-positive widow, chews on a small piece of calcium-rich rock, the only thing she has had to eat all day, at her house in Harare's oldest township of Mbare, in July 2008. While many are going hungry in crisis-wracked Zimbabwe, Butau's case is more disturbing in that she is both struggling to get food and has also been unable to take life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)

Afghan high school students talk as they show a poster on AIDS ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:07:29 GMT

(AFP/File) - Afghan high school students talk as they show a poster on AIDS awareness at a men's barber shop in Kabul in 2007.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)

HIV positive patients wait to get their medications at the Mario ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:04:57 GMT

(AP) - HIV positive patients wait to get their medications at the Mario Catarino Rivas hospital in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Wednesday, July 16, 2008. Honduras accounts for more than half of reported HIV infections in Central America and many AIDS workers have criticized what they see as the tendency in Honduras to treat the two groups hardest hit by the epidemic, homosexuals and sex workers, as outcasts.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A man takes confession at a church in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:04:32 GMT

(AP) - A man takes confession at a church in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Saturday, July 19, 2008. Honduras, a country with a deeply religious population, accounts for more than half of reported HIV infections in Central America and many HIV/AIDS workers have criticized what they see as the tendency in Honduras to treat the two groups hardest hit by the epidemic, homosexuals and sex workers, as outcasts.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

HIV positive transvestite, Nela, 29, makes up before starting ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:03:50 GMT

(AP) - HIV positive transvestite, Nela, 29, makes up before starting her day as sex worker in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Friday, July 18, 2008. Honduras accounts for more than half of reported HIV infections in Central America and many AIDS workers have criticized what they see as the tendency in Honduras to treat the two groups hardest hit by the epidemic, homosexuals and sex workers, as outcasts.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Rita, a transvestite and sex worker, who thinks he is HIV positive ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:03:23 GMT

(AP) - Rita, a transvestite and sex worker, who thinks he is HIV positive but he has not been tested yet, poses in the courtyard of an apartment building in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Friday, July 18, 2008. Honduras accounts for more than half of reported HIV infections in Central America and many AIDS workers have criticized what they see as the tendency in Honduras to treat the two groups hardest hit by the epidemic, homosexuals and sex workers, as outcasts.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A wall of the Episcopal Church clinic, which has a large program ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:03:11 GMT

(AP) - A wall of the Episcopal Church clinic, which has a large program for HIV positive patients in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Saturday, July 19, 2008. Honduras accounts for more than half of reported HIV infections in Central America and many AIDS workers have criticized what they see as the tendency in Honduras to treat the two groups hardest hit by the epidemic, homosexuals and sex workers, as outcasts.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

HIV positive transvestite Melisa, who was shot by unknown assailants ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:02:48 GMT

(AP) - HIV positive transvestite Melisa, who was shot by unknown assailants lies on a bed at a hospital in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Friday, July 18, 2008. Honduras accounts for more than half of reported HIV infections in Central America and many AIDS workers have criticized what they see as the tendency in Honduras to treat the two groups hardest hit by the epidemic, homosexuals and sex workers, as outcasts.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A policeman stands guard next to the bed of Melisa, an HIV positive ...

(AP) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:02:38 GMT

(AP) - A policeman stands guard next to the bed of Melisa, an HIV positive transvestite, who was shot by unknown assailants, at a hospital in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Friday, July 18, 2008. Honduras accounts for more than half of reported HIV infections in Central America and many HIV/AIDS workers have criticized what they see as the tendency in Honduras to treat the two groups hardest hit by the epidemic, homosexuals and sex workers, as outcasts.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)