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At global AIDS meeting, a sobering assessment

MEXICO CITY: Two years have passed since the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto, and the contrast between that meeting and the 17th, which ended here this month, was humbling. In Toronto, the mood was almost giddy, with celebrities like Bill ...

From LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., International Herald Tribune,  19 Aug 2008

The Doctor’s World: At Meeting on AIDS, Focus Shifts to Long Haul

MEXICO CITY Two years have passed since the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto, and the contrast between that meeting and the 17th, which ended here this month, was humbling. PLEAS A demonstrator at the International AIDS Conference in ...

From LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D, The New York Times,  18 Aug 2008

Global Update: Protective Effects of Circumcision Are Shown to Continue After Trials’ End

MEXICO CITY A follow-up look at men who were circumcised in an African study shows that the procedure’s protective effects against H.I.V. last for at least three and a half years, researchers said at the 17th International AIDS Conference here last ...

From LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, The New York Times,  11 Aug 2008

Seeking Better Laws on H.I.V.

MEXICO CITY The 17th International AIDS Conference ended here on Friday with a call for the reversal of laws that criminalize and stigmatize groups at risk for H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. “Criminalization is a poor tool for regulating H.I.V. ...

From LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, The New York Times,  8 Aug 2008

AIDS group cites rapes in Zimbabwe as terror tool

MEXICO CITY: A 13-year-old girl was abducted, then raped repeatedly over a two-week period during a campaign of political terror in Zimbabwe surrounding recent elections there. Hers is one of 53 cases documented by AIDS-Free World, an advocacy group ...

From LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, International Herald Tribune,  7 Aug 2008

AIDS Group Cites Rapes in Zimbabwe as Terror Tool

MEXICO CITY A 13-year-old girl was abducted, then raped repeatedly over a two-week period during a campaign of political terror in Zimbabwe surrounding recent elections there. Hers is one of 53 cases documented by AIDS-Free World, an advocacy group ...

From LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, The New York Times,  7 Aug 2008

New focus on children at AIDS seminar

MEXICO CITY: The global response to the AIDS epidemic has short-changed children, health workers at the International AIDS Conference said here on Wednesday. Although governments and donors provide large amounts of money for HIV treatment in the ...

From LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, International Herald Tribune,  6 Aug 2008

In AIDS fight, governments neglecting behavioral efforts

MEXICO CITY: While the world awaits findings from new AIDS prevention trials, millions of people are becoming infected because governments are overlooking studies showing that behavior modification works, AIDS experts said at the 17th International ...

From LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, International Herald Tribune,  6 Aug 2008

Behavioral Approaches Overlooked in AIDS Fight

MEXICO CITY While the world awaits findings from new AIDS prevention trials, millions of people are becoming infected because governments are overlooking studies showing that behavior modification works, AIDS experts said Tuesday. Among the behavior ...

From LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, The New York Times,  6 Aug 2008

Researchers look to pill, taken daily, to avert HIV

MEXICO CITY: Can a pill a day help prevent infection from HIV, the virus that causes AIDS? No one knows. But researchers in a number of countries are conducting trials and planning others to test the unproven strategy that a daily pill, or a ...

From LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, International Herald Tribune,  4 Aug 2008

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