The Financial Crisis and Global Health
It's hard to see your way through a storm when you're in the middle of one. Such is the predicament of the global health community, as we sort out what the financial crisis will mean for the health of poor people in developing countries months – even years from now..........
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What Lies Behind the Fall in the HIV Population in India?
The availability of multiple data sources and new methods of estimation resulted in a more accurate estimate of the HIV population in India in 2006. A critical review of the data and methods used in the past and current estimation processes is offered in this article.........
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HIV/AIDS- A Social And Economical Concern
India has the distinction of initiating a national sero-surveillance in 1985 to define the magnitude and dimension of HIV infection in the silent phase of the HIV epidemic long before AIDS cases were reported in the country........
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Is the world about to turn its back on the Aids epidemic?
At the G8 summit in 2005, I was part of a delegation of Aids activists lobbying G8 leaders. I came with a simple message from my daughter, Smilie: “Tell them that I saw Doctor David who gave me medicine.......
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Rethinking AIDS in Africa: Why prevention is now more important than ever
3 November 2008 [MediaGlobal]: Prevention is a word that draws considerable controversy among AIDS experts. Billions of dollars have been poured into treatment programs and vaccine research, .......
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Treating HIV & AIDS: State, Economy, Science and Politics.
HIV & AIDS is a global epidemic with serious implications for public health and socio-economic well-being of the people and nations. Its severity is best .......
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To tell or not to tell? Chitra Ahanthem
Debates over whether or not children living with HIV need to be informed of their status have attracted a lot of attention at the International AIDS .......
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How Do We Define MSM?
It seems like the most straightforward of definitions. We’re not talking about whether a man identifies as bisexual, gay, straight, etc., just men who have sex with men. .......
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