Gay sex ruling will help HIV/AIDS prevention in India || Ignorance About HIV Among Arab Youth Alarming: Study

Gay sex ruling will help HIV/AIDS prevention in India

Amnesty International, the global human rights group, Friday welcomed the Delhi high court ruling decriminalising homosexuality and alleged the Victorian-era law that banned gay sex had been used to stifle HIV/AIDS prevention in India. India is home to some 2.3 million people with HIV, an epidemic that is primarily fuelled by unsafe sex between men and women. Sex between men is also a major driver of the epidemic, but Section 377’s ever-present threat of criminalisation made gay men reluctant to disclose their status.

Ignorance About HIV Among Arab Youth Alarming: Study

Can a mosquito bite or sharing food with an infected person transmit HIV? Well, many young Arab men and women seem to think so, according to a study that shows such misconceptions as common.


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