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New Study Reveals How A Specific Colonial Legacy Determines Female HIV Rates in Africa

80% of all HIV positive women in the world live in sub-saharan Africa. This is the only region in the world where more women than men are living with HIV — scholars have referred to this phenomenon as the “feminization...

The first major new HIV vaccine trial in seven years has begun. Will it work?

HIV needs a vaccine; this much we know. Tremendous strides have been made in global HIV response with testing, treatment, and a range of prevention techniques. We’ve slowed the spread of the virus. Fewer people are dying. We haven’t stopped...

The Two Main Reasons HIV is Still Around After All These Years

How is HIV not over yet? We have drugs that treat it and prevent transmission to others. We have a whole suite of prevention methods that work, ranging from condoms to clean needles. But despite it all, HIV just won’t...

This tiny ring can stop HIV in its tracks

Protecting women from HIV is one of the enduring challenges of the global response to AIDS. The most effective method – using a condom – isn’t a method a woman can chose alone. She is forced to negotiate with her...

We Could End the AIDS Epidemic in 15 years – or HIV Could Overwhelm Us

It’s difficult to pay attention to HIV. The disease has been haunting our consciousness since the 1980s. The language is familiar. The anecdotes are rusty. HIV just seems played out – we have drugs that work, and programs to make...

Map of the Day: The “AIDS in Africa” Misnomer

A map that shows how "AIDS in Africa" obscures the problem.

The Pope’s Condom Evolution

Pope Benedict went from an ardent opponent to cautious supporter of condoms as a way to prevent the spread of disease.

Before it Was Called ‘AIDS’ (Video)

This early television news broadcast about a strange form of cancer infecting homosexual men offers a fascinating insight into how the public came to understand AIDS, before it was even called as such.

5 Ways To Make A Difference on World AIDS Day

I snapped this picture outside of the White House last night. It looks like the Obama's are getting into the spirit. But even if you are not the leader of the free world, here is how you might get involved today.

New Study Reveals How A Specific Colonial Legacy Determines Female HIV Rates in Africa

The first major new HIV vaccine trial in seven years has begun. Will it work?

The Two Main Reasons HIV is Still Around After All These Years

This tiny ring can stop HIV in its tracks

We Could End the AIDS Epidemic in 15 years – or HIV Could Overwhelm Us

Map of the Day: The “AIDS in Africa” Misnomer

The Pope’s Condom Evolution

Before it Was Called ‘AIDS’ (Video)

5 Ways To Make A Difference on World AIDS Day

UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 5 – Bathing in Yakawlang

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 6 – The Legacy of War Crimes

The Obama Agenda at the United Nations