Condoms urged in prisons to curb AIDS in blacks

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) US prisons should make condoms available to inmates and test for HIV as part of a broader effort to curb the spread of AIDS among blacks, hit disproportionately hard by the incurable disease, experts urged.

The National Minority AIDS Council advocacy group, backed by US black lawmakers and medical leaders, yesterday issued a series of recommendations aimed at US policymakers to slow the epidemic among blacks, ten times more likely than whites to have AIDS.

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