World AIDS Day commemorated worldwide
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Members of Thalassemia and AIDS prevention society, a non-government organisation, take part in a candlelight rally on the eve of World AIDS Day in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata November 30, 2008. Official figures show that more than 10 percent of intravenous drug users in India are infected with HIV, a higher prevalence than among prostitutes. The country's overall HIV/AIDS prevalence rate is about 0.9 percent for those aged between 15 and 49. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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World AIDS Day: Stop AIDS, Keep the Promise

Students publicize AIDS awareness knowledge to a woman at Dongzhuang Village in Huaibei City, east China's Anhui Province, Nov. 30, 2008. Read more>>>

World AIDS Day commemorated in China

Volunteers form a red ribbon during a World AIDS Day event at the Olympic Green next to the Bird Nest in Beijing, capital of China Nov. 30, 2008. Read more>>>

Chinese premier visits AIDS patients, workers 

    HEFEI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited people living with HIV/AIDS and thanked workers dealing with the disease in the eastern Anhui Province over the weekend.

    Wen told a special symposium composed of AIDS experts and grassroots medical workers in Funan County, that government funds for prevention and control would increase year-by-year.

Editor: Yao
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