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Thursday, June 19, 2008

UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) Indicators: Where are the Over-50s?

June 2008

HIV/AIDS and older persons are rarely mentioned together. Writers and readers alike assume that older persons don't engage in sex and have no need to learn about "protected sex." This blind spot means that millions of older people are left out of international and national policy and education about HIV/AIDS and its transmission, thus limiting the HIV/AIDS response.

For the full report by HelpAge, click on this link:
http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=217952942&u=2254329
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