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South Africa needs an HIV/AIDS truth commission
A truth commission can account for South Africa's past HIV/AIDS denialist policies and rebuild trust, says AIDS expert, Salim S. Abdool Karim.
BioMed Analysis: Pooling patents for HIV drugs
A UNITAID patent pool could revolutionise HIV treatment and research in developing countries — if payment can be agreed, says Priya Shetty.
Can early therapy prevent HIV?
More research is needed on how to tackle HIV with antiretroviral therapy, say Kevin M De Cock and colleagues at the WHO.
OPINION | 17 July 2009 | EN
HIV/AIDS: A new hope
New and existing HIV/AIDS treatments provide hope that the disease can be eliminated, says an editorial in New Scientist.
Mobile phones can help manage diseases
Mobile phones can improve health services and provide help for displaced patients during political crises, say Richard Lester and Sarah Karanja.
OPINION | 1 December 2008 | EN
Vietnam is improving science communication
Other countries could learn from Vietnam's progress on communicating science and risk, says Son Kim Phan.
China's HIV openness a positive start
China's improved accessibility to HIV/AIDS statistics is a good start to the disease's control in the country, says an editorial in Nature.
UNAIDS out of touch and should be closed down
The UN programme for HIV/AIDS is out of touch with reality and hindering health capacity building, argues Roger England.
Research deficiencies 'delaying HIV prevention'
Weaknesses in HIV research design have hindered progress in identifying prevention strategies, say Stephen W. Lagakos and Alicia R. Gable.
HIV/AIDS: Many challenges remain
Revised HIV/AIDS figures are a sign of better data, not that the epidemic is slowing. There is still much to be done, says Kevin De Cock.
Development of a marketable AIDS vaccine uncertain
Twenty-five years after the discovery of HIV, there is no marketable AIDS vaccine — and it is uncertain whether there ever will be, writes Robert Steinbrook.
Scientists must fight Internet AIDS denialism
AIDS denial beliefs are spreading on the Internet and scientists must fight this together, say Tara C. Smith and Steven P. Novella.
Nutrition and disease debate should shift to science
Science needs to be injected into the controversy over use of nutritional supplements in tackling HIV and tuberculosis, says Wieland Gevers.
OPINION | 23 August 2007 | EN
Trial practitioners must become media savvy
Clinicians should learn from the alarmist media coverage that followed a recent microbicide trial, say Gita Ramjee and colleagues.
OPINION | 10 August 2007 | EN
Libya should end HIV medics 'charade'
Now that they have been freed, Libya should admit the innocence of medics involved in the HIV infection case, says a Nature editorial.
Field trials of AIDS prevention methods must continue
Despite the political difficulties, field trials of AIDS prevention methods must be continued, argues this Nature editorial.
Collaboration to kill: HIV/AIDS and TB
Developing nations must pay more than mere lip service to WHO advice on linking HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis programmes, says Peter Mugyenyi.
Backed into a corner, Thailand's action is justified
Thailand is right to take action when companies do not make essential drugs available and affordable, argue Paul Cawthorne and colleagues.
OPINION | 25 June 2007 | EN
Finally, a strategy to tackle AIDS in South Africa
South Africa's long-awaited strategy to tackle AIDS is sound, but may face technical and bureaucratic obstacles, says a Nature editorial.
OPINION | 4 May 2007 | EN
Global effort needed to fight TB
All countries need to take responsibility for fighting tuberculosis if the disease is to be eradicated, says an editorial in The Lancet.
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