High-risk Behaviors Could Lead To HIV Epidemic In Afghanistan

Science Daily reports: In a report that is among the first to describe the prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis B and C viruses in Afghanistan, a researcher from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine voiced concerns that increasing injection drug use and accompanying high-risk behavior could lead to an HIV epidemic in Afghanistan. The transmission of HIV knows no borders and continues to effect countries where HIV prevention policy is non-existent due to stigma associated with HIV, homophobia, and governmental denial. PNG Investigates 'live burial' of AIDS Victims Police and health workers in Papua New Guinea launched an investigation on Tuesday into reports that AIDS victims in the rugged South Pacific nation are being buried alive by their relatives.