Tales of hope
mixed with those of despair at the 16th International AIDS
Conference in Toronto, which drew to a close on Friday.
Among many
messages that arose out of the conference, which was
attended by over 21,000 health professionals, was
that women are increasingly becoming the new face of
HIV/AIDS. The number of women with the disease now
equals that of men.
"HIV/AIDS is
progressively taking on the face of a woman," said
Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases, to Agence-France Presse. "It's
absolutely essential that we address the special
concerns of women and allow them to protect
themselves."
Other issues
covered at the conference included providing treatment
to the over 39 million HIV-positive individuals, including
the often ignored drug addicts and prison inmates.
Attendees also exchanged ideas on rolling back the
number of new infections worldwide, which numbers 4
million annually.
Strategies were
also discussed at reeducating younger gays, who are
abandoning safer-sex practices that older generations
have adopted. (The Advocate)
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