HIV/AIDS
Since the late 1990s, it is generally illegal to discriminate against some one because they have HIV/AIDS, and such persons are entitled to medical care regardless of their nationality.
While the government and NGO's run educational campaigns, comprehensive sexual education is almost nonexistent in public high schools due to objections from the Catholic Church.
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Famous quotes containing the word aids:
“Sometimes I have a terrible feeling that I am dying not from the virus, but from being untouchable.”
—Amanda Heggs, British AIDS sufferer. Quoted in Guardian (London, June 12, 1989)