Condoms and condom-adorned activists are marching in Thailand's Pattaya beach red light district.<br /> <br />Marchers there handed out free condoms to promote safe sex on World AIDS Day.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Thai) MAYOR OF PATTAYA CITY, ITTHIPHOL KUNPLOME, SAYING:<br /> <br />"We want to raise awareness for employees in bars and pubs to have blood-tests and use condoms regularly, not just today."<br /> <br />About 35 million people worldwide are currently living with HIV/AIDS. Nineteen million of them don't know they have the virus.<br /> <br />Thailand's AIDS epidemic took off in the mid-80s and by the 90s, 35 percent of female sex workers had contracted HIV.<br /> <br />The estimated number of people infected each year has dropped drastically in recent years, but officials say more needs to be done.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Thai) DIRECTOR OF SISTER FOUNDATION, THITIYANAN NANGPOR, SAYING:<br /> <br />"Condoms alone will not solve the HIV problem. To protect against AIDS, we need to work on many dimensions, like protection and
