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News Briefs Chicago: Promoting Safe Sex Is a Year-Round ChallengeApril 11, 2003 A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information! Although the American Social Health Association has declared April "STD Awareness Month," the ongoing battles with syphilis and HIV, among other diseases, make it a year-round fight. Eric McCool, manager of Gentry's, a gay bar with two Chicago locations, said the bar has constant safe sex promotions and teams up with local groups Test Positive Aware Network and Horizons to raise STD awareness among its patrons. "It's a seven-day-a-week, 365-day-a-year situation, especially with the syphilis rates going up," McCool said. In 2002, there were 353 syphilis cases in Chicago, up from 317 cases in 2001, according to Dr. Carol Ciesielski, a physician with the city's Department of Public Health. Chicago public schools start to educate students about STDs as early as kindergarten, according to Peggy Finnegan, Family Life and AIDS Education manager for the school system. Each grade receives age-appropriate instruction, and condoms are not mentioned until seventh grade. "Abstinence is promoted and encouraged at all levels," Finnegan said. "That's the main message." Chicago Tribune 04.10.03; Jimmy Greenfield A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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