Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 13, 2008	HIV/AIDS Challenges In The Bahamas
AIDS Officials Challenged: By Macushla N. Pinder - Nassau, Bahamas: Despite continued pleas, the challenges faced by officials of the National AIDS Programme have remained the same over the years. According to Director of the National AIDS Programme Nurse Rosamae Bain, some of those...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Mar 29, 2008	HIV/AIDS Awareness Message Hits The Streets Of The Bahamas
HIV/AIDS Awareness In Rawson Square: By Sasha L. Lightbourne - Nassau, Bahamas: With HIV/AIDS on the increase among young persons in The Bahamas, one group felt it necessary to take the message of awareness and prevention to the streets. Youth Ambassadors for Positive Living (YAPL)...... [view]

Posted By:  jbanerjee Posted On:  Oct 2, 2007	New York rejects abstinence-only sex education programs!
Great news- New York has finally acknowledged that abstinence-only sex education may not be the best idea in a state with rising HIV infection rates, teen pregnancy, and STIs. Why are the Catholics still saying that giving young people condoms will increase "promiscuity" when numerous...... [view]

Posted By:  EmilyFreeburg Posted On:  Aug 15, 2006	The A word (abstinence)
Can you imagine anything scarier than entering adolescence with no information about sex? As policy makers and researchers study and debate the efficacy of ABC-approaches, young people lose their virginity every day. It is a battle over the information that reaches youth. Studies show that...... [view]