Pressure Takes Toll on Sex Lives: Survey
China Daily - Beijing, China, 8/31/2011
A survey was conducted by the China Population Communication Center and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. The survey interviewed more than 3,000 people, aged between 15 and 55, with men accounting for 74 percent of the interviewees. About 34 percent of people polled in the survey said that they are unsatisfied with their sex lives. Only 23 percent of respondents said that they are ‘satisfied’ with their sex lives, with 3.6 percent ‘very satisfied’, according to the survey. Jiang Hui, president-elect of the Chinese Society of Andrology, attributed the lower rate of sexual satisfaction among Chinese people to rapid economic growth, which inevitably increases work and social pressure.
JYJ Appointed as UNAIDS Ambassador
Manila Bulletin - Manila, Philippines, 8/31/2011
In the fight against HIV and AIDS, the United Nations has turned to K-pop boy band JYJ to bring awareness in the Asia-Pacific region, which has an estimated 4.9 million people afflicted with HIV including in the Philippines. With their incredible popularity and influence in the Republic of Korea and beyond, I count on them to reach millions of young people in this region and worldwide with important HIV messages,’ said UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe.
Reaction Mixed to Placing HIV and AIDS Status on Cards
Taipei Times, Taiwan, 8/31/2011
Legislators, medical professionals and HIV and AIDS support groups had mixed reactions yesterday to a proposal to include a note on the HIV and AIDS status of individuals on their National Health Insurance cards. The proposal was suggested as a way of avoiding a repeat of the errors that led to two local hospitals carrying out several organ transplants from a donor who had been HIV-positive. ‘A note on the card (on HIV and AIDS status) could violate the HIV Infection Control and Patient Rights Protection Act,’ Bureau of Medical Affairs Director Shih Chung-liang said.
Contraceptives Do Not Abort Fetus—Experts
Manila Standard Today, Philippines, 8/31/2011
Health experts on Tuesday stressed that contraceptives are not abortifacients in relation to the ‘biomedical aspects of the Reproductive Health bill’ pending in Congress. The experts from the World Health Organization, Unicef, the Health Department, the National Academy of Science and Technology, and University of the Philippines-Manila insisted that artificial contraceptives do not help in the commission of abortion.
Outrage at Explicit Kindergarten Sex Lessons
Shanghai Daily, China, 8/30/2011
Dolls featuring realistic sexual organs for teaching sex education to kindergarten pupils in central China has sparked outrage among parents. In a sex education lesson, the four-year-old children could clearly name the sex organs and tell the difference between genders in a kindergarten in Zhengzhou, provincial capital of Henan, Zhengzhou Evening News reported.
Long-Term Treatment Helps Gender Problem
Viet Nam News - Ha Noi, Viet Nam, 8/30/2011
Three year-old Thuy (not her real name) is one of those diagnosed with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) and still struggles with it every day. As explained by Dr Vu Chi Dung, Head of Endocrinology, Neatabolism and Genetics Department, males can experience precocious puberty, but in severe cases in female, the clitoris can develop outwards and resemble a penis without testicles while the vagina and the urethra fuse together. On average there are 40-60 new cases diagnosed in Viet Nam each year, meaning that a considerable number of cases still go undetected. Although treatable, CAH requires the patient to be on medication for their whole life, which can easily turn into a financial burden for many Vietnamese families.
Big Drop of People Taking HIV Tests
China Daily - China, 8/29/2011
A new system, which officials claim is aimed at improving services for people who test positive, introduced at the city`s government-run clinics about a month ago, requires people to present their ID if they take an HIV test. Since then, the number of people taking tests has dropped significantly because people do not want their identities exposed if they test positive, said Xiao Dong, leader of a civic organization tackling the spread of HIV and AIDS among homosexual men, the group most at risk.
At IIT-Bombay, the Straight Demand Equal Rights
The Times of India - Mumbai, India, 8/28/2011
In a mostly heterosexual world, straight people don`t need to fight for their rights. But IIT-Bombay`s recent path-breaking initiative to have a support group for queer students has led to this paradox. A war has broken out on the institute`s leafy Powai campus, with a group of straight people asserting that IIT is no longer the egalitarian world it was all these years. Another grouse among many is that the LBGTQ group invites those who are fuzzy about their sexual preference. IIT-B now has another issue to juggle with too-a wave of panic among straight students who are worried that they will be mistaken for gays.
Prejudice About HIV and AIDS Persists
The Korea Herald - Busan, South Korea, 8/28/2011
Despite advancements in treatment, the struggles of people living with HIV and AIDS will never end as long as stigma and discrimination against them continues, activists and medical researchers said during The 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific last week. They said that this type of social climate increased the vulnerability of what they called ‘key affected populations,’ making it even more difficult for them to access treatment, care and support.
Pakistan Has One of Asia’s Highest HIV Prevalence Rates
The Express Tribune - Karachi, Pakistan, 8/27/2011
Pakistan is among the 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific which houses a majority of the people infected with HIV, according to a new report from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS). Launched at the 2011 International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), the report, titled HIV in Asia and the Pacific: ‘Getting to Zero’, found that more people than ever before have access to HIV services across the region. But most countries in the region are a long way from achieving universal access goals for HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.
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