AIDS MESSAGE DELIVERED AROUND THE WORLD.Byline: Sue Leeman Associated Press In Rome, taxi drivers distributed safe-sex leaflets. Across Thailand, gas stations offered free condoms. And in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , activists read out the names of thousands killed by AIDS. World AIDS Day World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. AIDS has killed more than 25 million people, with an estimated 38. was marked with renewed vigor around the world Sunday after a U.N. agency reported an accelerating death toll, with nearly a quarter of the 6.4 million AIDS deaths to date occurring in the past year. This year, 3.1 million people were infected with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. , the virus that causes AIDS, bringing the total number of people with HIV or AIDS to 22.6 million, UNAIDS UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS said. Chinese activists posted photos of an emaciated e·ma·ci·ate tr. & intr.v. e·ma·ci·at·ed, e·ma·ci·at·ing, e·ma·ci·ates To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation. AIDS victim in Beijing's central Zhongshan Park near the ancient imperial palace, along with posters that read, ``The risks of careless sex and lifestyle hygiene.'' Health officials warn that more than 1 million Chinese - 10 times the estimated present number - could be infected with HIV by 2000 without preventive measures. In Thailand, which has an active sex industry, gas stations distributed 3 million condoms to customers with the warning: ``Be careful of AIDS when feeling naughty.'' An estimated 800,000 of Thailand's 60 million people have the HIV virus, and 50,000 more have died of AIDS. In India, which volunteer organizations say has Asia's worst AIDS epidemic with 1 million or more HIV cases, marches were held in Bombay, the financial capital. More than 400 people gathered in Tokyo for the lighting of a 20-foot tree bearing 12,000 red ribbons, symbol of the fight against AIDS. In New York, volunteers stood at five podiums in front of City Hall on a dark, rainy afternoon and read out the names of thousands of people who have died from the disease. ``We do it because we want to remember the people we've lost,'' said Ginny Shubert, who works with an AIDS services group. ``We also want to remind the government that people are dying, and every day time runs out for more people that we love.'' Organizers did not know how many names were read. In San Francisco, about 300 people gathered at a new National AIDS Memorial Grove The AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, is dedicated to individuals who have died as a result of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is also in support of those who are living with AIDS and their loved ones and caregivers. in Golden Gate Park This article is about the park in San Francisco. For the US National Recreation Area just north of there, see Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park. At 1017 acres (4.1 km², 1. . The 15-acre grove of redwoods, oak trees, ferns and mossy moss·y adj. moss·i·er, moss·i·est 1. Covered with moss or something like moss: mossy banks. 2. Resembling moss. 3. Old-fashioned; antiquated. rocks was designated a national landmark in a bill signed by President Clinton on Nov. 12. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Art curator Robert Woltman covers pieces of art with black cloth inside the Albuquerque Museum in a World AIDS Day observance. Associated Press |
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