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India: Ashley Judd Raising Awareness for HIV and AIDS MUMBAI, India, March 14, 2007 — PSI Board Member and YouthAIDS Global Ambassador Ashley Judd is in India this week, campaigning to raise awareness surrounding HIV and AIDS. She met sex workers in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, after her arrival. Aid workers estimate there are at least 10,000 sex workers in Mumbai. "The empowerment of girls and women is an essential tool to preventing the HIV/AIDS emergency from exploding any further," Judd said. Her most recent trip with PSI took her to Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras in May 2006. Previous travels with PSI took her to Southeast Asia in 2004 and Africa in 2005. Most women have "dreams for other people, but not dreams for themselves," she said. "That is painful." With 5.7 million infections, India has the world's largest number
of people living with HIV/AIDS. The government has launched campaigns
encouraging high-risk groups such as sex workers to use condoms, aimed
at stopping the disease from spreading.
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