According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the estimated number of new AIDS diagnoses in the U.S. from 2000 through 2005 increased by 17% among women and 16% among men. The CDC further estimates 19 million new sexually transmitted infections per year nationally – and direct medical costs associated with STDs in the […]
500 killed and over 600 injured in Lal Mosque operation
Saeed Minhas Islamabad: More than 500 dead bodies of female and male students have been recovered from the debris of the Lal Mosque in the second phase of Operation Silence, claimed some independent sources. However, ISPR spokesperson claims that final figure could not be ascertained but estimates the death toll between 150 and 250. […]
Bring Back the Sex, Stupid
It’s not a revealing discovery that sexual engagement with multiple partners increases the likelihood of getting some kind of an infection, HIV included. But this is increasingly getting attention as HIV/AIDS workers and researchers grapple with a ballooning epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, where just 12 percent of men and 10 percent of women know their […]
Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking Trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transporting, providing or obtaining, by any means, any person for labor or services involving forced labor, slavery or servitude in any industry, such as forced or coerced participation in agriculture, prostitution, manufacturing, or other industries or in domestic service or marriage. – […]