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WORLD AIDS DAY 2006



Aids in Asia / Latin America and the Caribbean / Eastern Europe and Central Asia / Middle East / Sub-Saharan Africa

Children make an AIDS logo in the Indian city of Chandigarh. REUTERS/Nima Elbagir


Do you know which country has the most people with HIV? Almost unremarked, India overtook South Africa this year. To mark World AIDS Day 2006 we've put together a briefing on the pandemic including all the latest stats. For regional info click on the links above.

We've also rounded up some fascinating stories written by journalists around the globe, including Reuters correspondents and reporters from developing countries who have taken the Reuters Foundation AIDS reporting course.

  • Could male circumcision prevent AIDS?

  • Prostitutes in India receive HIV smart cards

  • Can South Africa's chastity movement make virginity cool?

  • The Chinese farmers who sold their blood for cash and got AIDS

  • How Zambia saves babies from HIV death sentence

  • Kenya takes the AIDS fight to its slums

  • Delivery company TNT backs HIV clinic for Malawian truckers

  • Zambia's former president releases AIDS album at age of 82

  • Going public in Jamaica where AIDS is still a matter of shame

  • No rest for the elderly in AIDS-hit Zimbabwe

  • How India's law on homosexuality is hurting the AIDS fight

    Reuters Video has produced an edited version of a debate organised by Reuters Foundation in London, which focused on the role of media in covering HIV/AIDS.

    Among other topics, the report touches on the role of religion in AIDS education and how the Islamic media reports HIV/AIDS. Speakers include Dr Shereen El Feki, a presenter and editorial advisor for Al Jazeera's English channel, Bernard Tabaire, editor of Uganda's Sunday Monitor newspaper, and rights activist Peter Tatchell. To watch the report, click here.

    The Reuters website also has a couple of other short video reports on topical HIV/AIDS issues, including:

  • AIDS vaccine future: How is research into a vaccine for HIV/AIDS progressing?
  • AIDS awareness in China: The Chinese government pledges to spend more money on awareness and prevention of HIV.



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