By Cynthia Soohoo and Katrina Anderson More than half of all new HIV infections in the U.S. occur before the age of 25, and one
by Contact: On The Issues Magazine – [email protected] NEW YORK: HIV-AIDS is crossing the gender divide and targeting women while the world looks the other way.
By Marjorie Signer The pending reauthorization of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, commonly called PEPFAR, is a clear challenge for our government
By Nicole Itano After 13 years at the head of the UN’s AIDS organization, Dr. Peter Piot is stepping down. His departure offers an opportunity; a chance
By Sharon Walton Idistinctly remember the first time that I heard the word “AIDS.” It was 1985. I was on Castro Street and I heard
By Mehret Mandefro Silence is a universal metaphor that explains marginalized human experience. With HIV, the silence that cloaks sexism, the silence that cloaks racism,
Reviewed by Eleanor J. Bader Nicole Itano’s No Place Left to Bury the Dead zeroes in on three communities in Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa and scrutinizes
By Cindy Cooper An invaluable health website has special promise for women with HIV-AIDS, but not enough are using it. The new site, PatientsLikeMe (a
by Marcy Bloom What is a woman worth? HIV infections among women and girls have risen in every part of the world in recent years.
By Lisa Vives While “medical tourism” is filling hospital beds in developing countries with patients priced out of the care at home, western countries are
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