Thursday, August 23, 2007

Asian countries need to strengthen efforts to prevent HIV outbreak, conference says

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Asian countries need to promote voluntary HIV testing, develop programs to stop transmission of the virus and empower groups at risk of infection to stop the HIV epidemic from worsening, participants at a regional AIDS conference said Thursday.

The conference called on governments with low HIV levels to remain vigilant and recognize an outbreak could occur anytime.

It called for the promotion of voluntary testing and counseling and new efforts to help those infected get treatment.read more

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