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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)
Opinions and Analysis
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
HIV/AIDS: Many challenges remain
5 February 2008
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Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Development of a marketable AIDS vaccine uncertain
28 December 2007
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine
Policy Briefs
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
News and Features
Homosexuals still 'more vulnerable to AIDS'
A study shows that men who have sex with other men are more vulnerable to AIDS in relation to heterosexual men.
21 July 2008
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Chagas agent reduces HIV replication in human placenta
Reseachers have shown that T. cruzi, the Chagas disease agent, is able to impair HIV replication in the human placenta.
11 July 2008
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Dominican Republic: HIV/AIDS 'higher in rural areas'
7 June 2008
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