Sunday, November 30, 2008

China pledges to fight AIDS discrimination (AP)

A volunteer hands out pamphlets with information on  AIDS prevention in Shenyang, China Saturday Nov. 29, 2008. After years of denying that AIDS was a problem, Chinese leaders have shifted gears dramatically in recent years, confronting the disease more openly and promising anonymous testing, free treatment for the poor and a ban on discrimination against people with the virus. (AP Photo)AP - Chinese health authorities and the U.N. AIDS agency pledged to fight discrimination against people with the disease in China with the unveiling Sunday of a massive red ribbon, the symbol of AIDS awareness, at the Olympic Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing.


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