The news on AIDS in South Africa is not what you think
The “AIDS in Africa” story we know in the West is bleak: HIV is spreading across the continent, accosting and killing men and women…
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR — AIDS Orphange Closes Because Babies No Longer Dying
AIDS killed a baby a week during the height of the epidemic at the Cotlands child-care facility in South Africa. But because treatment has…
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How South Africa Is Beating the AIDS Epidemic
AIDS turning point: South Africa is the worst-hit country in the worst-hit region of the epidemic. But the disease is no longer an acute…
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Translating Public Health For Ordianry People
The Envision conference revealed an ongoing disconnect between policy wonks and storytellers It’s 10am, and we’re talking about death. Deaths from disease and neglect—deaths…
Read MoreWhy do we still get violence against women so wrong?
This week, the American Congress finally resolved its squabbles and brought itself to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. It was a fight, as…
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A preliminary PEPFAR roundup (and come add your ideas)
On Wednesday, the Congressionally-mandated evaluation of PEPFAR — the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — was released. It’s nearly 700 pages long, and I haven’t but skimmed its…
Read MoreARVs made easy in Uganda?
Here’s something that piqued my interest: Yesterday, Ugandan drug manufacturer Quality Chemicals announced that it’s going to manufacture a single pill to replace the…
Read MoreFarewell, sweet guinea worm
In one of the most charming bits of writing I’ve come across of late, Carl Zimmer offers up a “fond obituary” for the guinea…
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Mae Azango Exposed a Secret Ritual
Todee, Liberia — It’s late afternoon in Todee, a village in rural Liberia, and the sun is starting to drop. Mae Azango settles into…
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Bush Sees Results of His AIDS Plan in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA; AND KIGALI, RWANDA — In 2006, when Kau Makgosa was diagnosed with HIV, a new US-funded program provided him with free…
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