Tuesday, December 1, 2009

The World AIDS Day in India

Students form the symbol of AIDS to mark World AIDS Day in the northern Indian city of Shimla December 1, 2009.




Medical students take part in a candlelight vigil during an AIDS awareness campaign on the occasion of World AIDS Day in the northern Indian city of Amritsar December 1, 2008. India has the world's third highest caseload with 2.5 million infections.



Traditional Bihu dancers participate in an event to mark World AIDS Day in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Nearly 2.5 million people in India are infected with HIV, the AIDS virus, but talking about the disease and sexual health issues in general is still largely taboo.

credit photo: Reuters

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