From: "Avnish Jolly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Many factors drive the international AIDS pandemic. They include risk behaviors, such as sex with more than one partner and without a condom, and social conditions, such as poverty, that discourage people from protecting themselves. But one of the strongest influences on how quickly the epidemic spreads is the sexual behavior and attitudes of human nature. These report explains the critical role that young men play in the global AIDS pandemic. It highlights how they have been largely ignored in HIV interventions to date and explains how this exclusion could have devastating results in the long-term. It investigates the challenges young men face and looks at the most effective ways of addressing their needs and also other effective and informative links. Young Men and HIV - Culture, Poverty and Sexual Risk http://www.panos.org.uk/aids/Panos_Aids_Pages.qxd.pdf (You need Adobe Acrobat to view this report; a text-only version is available at http://www.panos.org.uk/aids/young_men_HIV_TXT.htm) HIV/AIDS Cases Rising Quickly in Russia http://report.kff.org/hivaids/kh010730.htm#5 China Warns of 'Dangerous' AIDS Epidemic http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010803/sc/aids_china_dc_1.html Nigeria to Launch Africa's Largest AIDS Treatment Program http://report.kff.org/hivaids/kh010731.htm#5 Treatment Breaks Common in AIDS/HIV Care http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_01/hlsc0806.htm Gene May Help Doctors Predict Efficacy of HIV Drugs http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010803/hl/hivgene_1.html A Gendered Epidemic: Women and the Risks and Burdens of HIV http://www.jamwa.org/vol56/56_3_ed.htm More Female Participants Needed in HIV Research, Physicians Say http://report.kff.org/hivaids/kh010731.htm#8 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ This is GainsNet, the mailing list of the UN-INSTRAW-GAINS Network Members. To reply to the GainsNet group, click on "reply all" To reply to an individual, click on "reply" To unsubscribe from GainsNet, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line
