This is a picture of a camel wearing a banner that says 'protect yourself from AIDS' and pulling a float on World AIDS Day in Jodhpur in India, 2000. India has had a sharp increase in the estimated number of HIV infections, from a few thousand in the early 1990s to a working estimate of about 3.9 million children and adults living with HIV/AIDS in 2001. More about AIDS in India can be found at http://www.avert.org/aidsindia.htm

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Photo credit: � Ketan Joshi M/MC Photoshare