1.   Action to raise public awareness has proven crucial in stemming the spread of the pandemic, Piot said.

2.   But health officials say the commercial delivers precisely the kind of message needed to stem the spread of AIDS.

3.   But in an unusual display of cooperation, government health officials have been given permission to travel to the region to help stem any spread of the disease.

4.   Foreign doctors and nurses are trying, for instance, to stem the spread of infectious diseases.

5.   He opposes needle exchange programs that many medical specialists advocate as a way to stem the spread of the AIDS virus among intravenous drug users.

6.   He said the kennel cough epidemic was actually a blessing in disguise because quarantines were in place that probably also stemmed the spread of the more serious mystery illness.

7.   In many parts of the world, drug war politics impede public health efforts to stem the spread of AIDS, hepatitis and other infectious diseases.

8.   It took the active cooperation of the affected communities to stem the spread of the virus.

9.   Needle exchange, in which addicts are given clean needles to try to stem the spread of AIDS, is a prominent example.

10.   Someone else even draws blood, a frequent procedure at the clinic where the highest concern is stemming the spread of venereal diseases.