China AIDS activists say education fights stigma
December 1st, 2008 By GILLIAN WONG , Associated Press Writer
A volunteer wears a sticker a red ribbon, the symbol of AIDS awareness, as Health authorities and the U.N. AIDS agency launched a campaign to fight discrimination against people with AIDS in China, at the iconic Bird's Nest national stadium grounds in Beijing, China, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. After years of denying that AIDS was a problem, Chinese leaders have shifted gears dramatically in recent years, confronting the disease more openly and promising anonymous testing, free treatment for the poor and a ban on discrimination against people with the virus.(AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)
(AP) -- AIDS activists were skeptical of a pledge by China's government to fight discrimination against people with the disease, saying Monday the move would mean little without improvements in education to increase awareness and alter mindsets.
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