The Daily Star: Internet Edition Fri. December 01, 2006

Vol. 5 Num 893

Fri. December 01, 2006


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World AIDS Day

Momentum building for accountability
Each year, World AIDS day is observed on the first day of December.

Prevention is better than cure
Since 1988 World AIDS Day has been observed around the world on 1st December to raise awareness about HIIV/AIDS. epidemic. People living with HIV worldwide nearly half of them are women.

Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS
Country situation
Injecting of drugs is one of the major routes of spreading HIV and HIV/AIDS, along with other inevitable consequences like hepatitis B and C.

Shifting of brothels necessary for rehabilitation of sex workers
People in our country sometimes take eviction drives in brothel areas. In the wake of such drives, sex workers of Kandupatti of old Dhaka, Tanbazaar of Narayanganj etc. were evicted long ago.