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Preventing infection and caring for the sick remain key to the fight against HIV — a crisis fuelled by a combination of poverty, behaviour and biology.
(Photo credit: R. Zurba/USAID)
UNAIDS out of touch and should be closed down
The UN programme for HIV/AIDS is out of touch with reality and hindering health capacity building, argues Roger England.
Research deficiencies 'delaying HIV prevention'
Weaknesses in HIV research design have hindered progress in identifying prevention strategies, say Stephen W. Lagakos and Alicia R. Gable.
16 April 2008
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine
5 February 2008
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Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
28 December 2007
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine
Controlling TB requires public awareness
An assessment of national tuberculosis policies in select countries emphasises the need for more public engagement.
27 June 2007
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Source: Open Society Institute
Addressing health policy in Myanmar
The challenge of setting policy priorities for infectious diseases in Myanmar's current political climate.
27 June 2007
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Source: PLoS Medicine
South African court bans trial of 'vitamin HIV cure'
The Cape Town High Court has banned two doctors from conducting unauthorised trials of vitamins they claim cure HIV/AIDS.
Dominican Republic: HIV/AIDS 'higher in rural areas'
A health survey reveals that HIV/AIDS in rural Dominican areas is four times higher than the national average.
7 June 2008
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