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August 1999 Cover
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Stan Pedro Chequer, coordinator of the Brazilian Health Ministry's AIDS prevention program, is encouraging sex education for children, beginning at age four, in
an effort to prevent the spread of HIV. Chequer asserts that such education would limit the spread of HIV in teenagers and reduce the number of unwanted
pregnancies. While Chequer's proposal-- presented at meeting of educators discussing ways to stem the spread of HIV-- were endorsed by meeting participants, such a plan
will likely spur controversy in the Roman Catholic nation. Brazil has recorded more than 155,000 AIDS cases since the early 1980s, but the actual number is expected to
be much higher.
Editor's Note: from Fox News Online
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