"the rupee one (two U.S. cents) cost of a condom"
Richard Gere talked to prostitutes and their clients inside dingy Bombay brothels Tuesday in a crowded red-light district to find out what they knew about HIV/AIDS.
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"You've got to do everything you can to take care of sick people and also spend all your energy on prevention," he said.
At least 4 million Indians are infected with the disease, according to government statistics that don't count child victims. Aid workers estimate at least 50 percent of some 10,000 sex workers who work in Kamathipura area in downtown Bombay are HIV-positive.
�CTV (CA) Dec.02.03
Richard Gere talked to prostitutes and their clients inside dingy Bombay brothels Tuesday in a crowded red-light district to find out what they knew about HIV/AIDS.
�
"You've got to do everything you can to take care of sick people and also spend all your energy on prevention," he said.
At least 4 million Indians are infected with the disease, according to government statistics that don't count child victims. Aid workers estimate at least 50 percent of some 10,000 sex workers who work in Kamathipura area in downtown Bombay are HIV-positive.
�CTV (CA) Dec.02.03
