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Brazilian Students Commemorate World AIDS Day

December 2, 2002

As part of commemorations for World AIDS Day, 800 high school students placed 15,000 red ribbons before Brazil's Health Ministry Friday to symbolize the number of Brazilians who became infected with HIV this year. Dr. Paulo Roberto Teixeira, coordinator of Brazil's AIDS program, said the number of people infected annually with HIV has fallen from 15.9 cases per 100,000 people in 1998 to 12.4 per 100,000 in 2001. Brazil's AIDS program distributes millions of free condoms and has been providing free AIDS drugs to all who need them since 1996.

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Adapted from:
Associated Press
11.29.02

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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