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A World Where No Child Is Born With HIV

Anu Gupta | Posted 08.13.2011 | Impact
Anu Gupta

A baby is born with HIV every 90 seconds and half of all children with the virus die before age 2. This is simply unacceptable, especially when we have the knowledge and ability for every mother with HIV to have a healthy baby.

HIV/AIDS Is Still Everyone's Business

Ben Plumley | Posted 08.09.2011 | Impact
Ben Plumley

Global AIDS remains the same unprecedented threat to global health and social stability that we understood it to be a decade ago. The full impact of this virus will take us decades to understand fully.

AIDS: The Next 30 Years

Mitchell Warren | Posted 08.09.2011 | World
Mitchell Warren

This week the world has been looking back at 30 years of AIDS. But what about the next thirty years? Could we see an end to AIDS?

Time to Act: Stop TB/AIDS

Jorge Sampaio | Posted 08.09.2011 | World
Jorge Sampaio

People living with HIV can raise their families, work and pursue their dreams. We cannot stand by and watch as TB -- which can cost as little as $100 for treatment and cure -- steals those dreams.

Important Progress, But Also New Challenges, in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Sharon L. Camp

Fewer people worldwide are getting infected with HIV than 10 years ago, and those who have already contracted the virus are living longer, according t...

The Responsibilities of Being Young, Beautiful and HIV Positive: HIV Allegations Place Pop Star on Trial

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

There are valid arguments that show the potential counter productivity of criminalizing HIV when the issue is viewed from a societal perspective.

The HIV/AIDS Fight Needs Cooperation, Not Division

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D.

Over the years, activists and protesters have exhibited tremendous creativity, passion, and energy in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Let's re-direct that energy into making programs work better to serve all populations.

Why Young People Will Help Us Defeat AIDS

Georgia Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Georgia Arnold

We are seeing a sea change on AIDS, a turning point in attitudes. Young people are not "the future," they are the here and now. And they're making smarter choices about their sexual health.

The Truth About China's Response to HIV/AIDS

Joe Amon | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Joe Amon

China has made some strides in the fight against AIDS. But the government should be held to account for stifling the work and voices of Chinese AIDS activists and nongovernmental organizations.

Vuvuzela: Going Viral to Save Lives

Kari Stoever | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Kari Stoever

The vuvuzela is quickly becoming the world's first viral instrument. I recommend we make it the international instrument of solidarity to prevent deaths from HIV/AIDS and TB.

Impacting AIDS this World AIDS Day

Josh Ruxin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Josh Ruxin

World AIDS Day has become a time to reflect on the daunting challenges we face in the battle against this tenacious killer. Although huge strides hav...

Uganda's Anti-Gay Law: Opposition Grounded in Bipartisan Confluence of Human Rights and Public Health

Dr. Mark Dybul | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Dr. Mark Dybul

Gay men and women cannot be legislated out of existence. The practical impact of a proposed anti-gay law will be to undermine Uganda's efforts to combat its HIV epidemic.

One Step Closer to Universal AIDS Prevention and Care

Susan Smith Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Susan Smith Ellis

It can cost as little as 40 cents a day to provide ARV treatment to an individual in Africa and just $26 to provide the medicine to help prevent the transmission of HIV from a mother to her child.

World AIDS Day 2009: The Business Imperative

Richard H. Wilkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Richard H. Wilkins

In addition to the human tragedy, AIDS has economic implications. Its spread threatens the health, stability and viability of the global work force. Businesses must not only join, but lead the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS.

First Vaccine Helps Prevent HIV Infection

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE and MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BANGKOK — For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and ...

Report from Rio: Men and Boys in Gender Equality

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Pedro C. Moreno

What is striking about this meeting is the number of men involved -- accounting for at least half the attendants. A far cry compared to other gatherings on women.

Pope's Condom Statement Gets Mixed Reviews

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Pope Benedict's statement yesterday that condoms are not the solution to the AIDS crisis in Africa elicited strong reactions from both sides of the po...

Obama Asks Abstinence-Only AIDS Coodinator to Stay

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jodi Jacobson

Global AIDS Coordinator Dybul is morally responsible for speaking out when taxpayer funding is being used to perpetuate ideology over evidence, and is leaving people at risk of new infections.