A Press Release to Minivan News

Saturday, 11th December 2010  The International Human Rights Day was marked with a silent sit-together by a young group of Maldivians at the Artificial Beach stage starting at 5 PM on Friday, 10th December 2010.  Displaying a stark contrast to the loud truck and motorcycle cavalcade of religious conservatives who were protesting against Israeli doctors around the same time by announcing anti-Semitic messages through loud speakers, the youth that participated in the sit-down took a decidedly fresh approach towards protest. The group of 30 young men and women sat down at the artificial beach stage in protest against religious extremism....

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Posted in: Politics / Religion,Society

CCHDC estimates 18-39 HIV patients in Maldives

MALE, December 1 (HNS) – Centre for Community Health and Disease Control (CCHDC) has put the estimated number of HIV patients in the Maldives to 18-39. A CCHDC press release said only three out of the 14 HIV patients discovered in the Maldives are alive. The press release said a survey conducted in 2008 shows that actions that promote AIDS such as unsafe sex and needle sharing are increasing rapidly in the Maldives. A 2009 report shows that over 33 million AIDS patients live in the world and some of the Asian countries Maldivians often visit are within the high-risk zones. “Therefore, one of the main reasons of marking AIDS day is to create awareness about the status of the disease, the methods by which it spreads, and identifying viable methods with which to fight it,” the press release...

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Posted in: Health / HIV

World AIDS Day celebrated in the Maldives

Press Release via UNDP Maldives 01-Dec-2010 Speech by the UNDP Resident Representative on World AIDS Day 1st December 2010, SHE Building. Executive Committee Members, Executive Management team and Staff of Society for Health Education Government officials Distinguished Invitees Colleagues from the UN system Assalaam Alaikum and good morning. It gives me great pleasure to open the Voluntary Counselling Testing Centre for the expatriate community in the Maldives. For the first time in the country, this venture is opening the avenue for the expatriate community to access a service of this kind and I would like to congratulate the...

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Posted in: Health / HIV