South African HIV trial gets long-awaited go ahead
After years of legal wrangling and controversy, authorities finally approved an anti-HIV drug trial. Sharon Davis and Christina Scott report.
9 August 2007 | EN
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Science shapes outcome of Libyan HIV trial
Scientific evidence helped bring clemency for the medics found guilty of infecting Libyan children with HIV, writes Declan Butler.
Source: Nature
TB or not TB: The threat of bovine tuberculosis
Bovine tuberculosis is no less dangerous to humans than common TB, but relatively little is known about it, reports Natasha Bolognesi.
The missing link in South Africa's HIV research
Two HIV research centres in South Africa are producing vital science, but with almost no collaboration between them, reports Michael Cherry.
Source: Nature
China keeping track of railway environment
The Qinghai-Tibet Railway is an ecological success, but will need long-term monitoring, say Changhui Peng and colleagues.
Source: Science
Power struggles and the fight against TB and HIV
The division between global programmes to fight TB and HIV is undermining the fight against the two diseases — but there are signs of change, reports Apoorva Mandavilli.
Source: Nature Medicine
High hopes for AIDS public-private partnership
Oil and gas companies have launched an ambitious partnership for confronting a potential HIV explosion in the Niger delta.
Source: Nature
11 January 2007 | EN
A fresh start: South Africa's war on HIV/AIDS
South Africa has unveiled a new plan for tackling HIV/AIDS, seeking to end the controversy of the recent past, reports Robert Koenig.
Source: Science
Western and traditional healing meet over HIV
Natasha Bolognesi reports on one woman's efforts to bridge the divide between Western science and traditional medicine in South Africa.
Source: Nature
A hard look at HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jon Cohen reports from Latin America and the Caribbean on the region's HIV/AIDS epidemic and efforts to control it.
Source: Science
Fighting HIV/AIDS with low-tech tactics
With an HIV vaccine proving elusive, researchers are assessing the value of simpler, preventive strategies to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Source: Science
India teeters on edge of HIV catastrophe
Government inaction and changing sexual habits could make HIV infection in India spill over into the wider population, reports Apoorva Mandavilli.
Source: Nature
5 August 2005 | EN
Controversy and science reporting in South Africa
Tamar Kahn describes some of the problems faced by South African science journalists, who report on controversial issues such as HIV/AIDS and genetic modification.
8 October 2004 | EN
Time to invest in microbicides
Helen Pilcher describes why microbicides are needed in the fight against HIV/AIDS in developing nations, and highlights recent research progress in microbicide development.
Source: Nature
8 July 2004 | EN
Cheap HIV/AIDS monitoring for Africa
A cheap and simple method — developed by a South African scientist — for monitoring infection in HIV/AIDS patients, is benefiting people throughout Africa and beyond.
Source: Science in Africa
29 June 2004 | EN
AIDS in Asia — a different path from Africa's epidemic
Jon Cohen explores current theories about trends in the spread of HIV/AIDS in Asia, and how they compare with the African epidemic.
Source: Science
25 June 2004 | EN
AIDS 'threatens African environment'
Emmanuel Koro describes how sub-Saharan Africa's HIV/ AIDS epidemic is threatening more than human health.
Source: IslamOnline
24 June 2004 | EN
China's HIV/AIDS 'window of opportunity'
Jon Cohen reports on hopes that China's HIV/AIDS prevention and control strategy will take-off — before the epidemic does.
Source: Science
4 June 2004 | EN
Tackling AIDS in China
SARS was a wake-up call that allowed China's government to focus on HIV/AIDS, says leading HIV researcher David Ho. But a considerable gulf between leaders' plans and public perception remains.
Source: IAVI Report
11 May 2004 | EN
AIDS in India: a manifold challenge
Jon Cohen reveals the complexity of India's HIV/AIDS epidemic — and the many hurdles the country faces in the race to contain it.
Source: Science
23 April 2004 | EN
