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Free Olympic healthcare products to battle STDs

The Beijing Municipal Health Bureau has distributed free condoms and AIDS prevention leaflets throughout the Olympic Village and hundreds of Beijing hotels in a bid to promote awareness of the disease, bureau chief Jin Dapeng said recently. More than... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, Aug 21 2008

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