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Rights group urges Philippines action on HIV
A human rights watchdog says the Philippines is facing one of the fastest growing epidemics of HIV in the Asia Pacific, fueled by government policies that restrict intervention, including access to condom by men who have sex with men.
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World AIDS Day : Kissing doesn’t spread HIV, but ignorance does
World AIDS Day is held on the 1st December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day, held for the first time in 1988.
Court orders Turkish Health Ministry to pay HIV-infected boy 1.4 mln liras
A court in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa has ordered the Health Ministry to pay 1.4 million Turkish Liras in compensation to a seven-year-old boy, who was injected with HIV-tainted blood in 2008 in a public hospital.