A recent report presented to the United Nations by the Commission on AIDS in Asia showed that the number of HIV infections in Asia could rise by more than 150 percent by 2020, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports (abc.net.au, 3/27).
According to the commission, unless more is done to combat the spread of HIV, the number of HIV-positive people on the continent could jump by 8 million.
The report called for greater involvement from political leaders, and more resources to be pledged to fight the epidemic.
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Beth Benne, RN, is HIV negative, but
the virus has impacted her life. She currently supervises a biannual HIV/AIDS awareness week as
the director of the student health center at Pierce College, a
community commuter school in Woodland Hills, California.
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Overheard in the Women's Forum
"I recently met a guy who is negative. I did tell him about my status and he decided to kiss me anyway (we didn't go further than that). But a day later, he called and said that he actually had a mouth ulcer that time when we kissed and he was very worried. Asked if he can get the virus from me that way. For that moment, I felt so insulted and yet I felt so bad. It was my first time having a contact with a "negative" guy."
