Posted on May 12th, 2006 by Nate
From the Kaiser Daily HIV report:
“Fighting HIV – Lessons from Brazil,” New England Journal of Medicine: Susan Okie, a contributing editor of NEJM,
examines the factors that have contributed to Brazil’s success in
slowing the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country. Okie found Brazil’s
“persistent and aggressive” HIV prevention efforts have played an
important role in “containing the country’s [...]
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Posted on May 8th, 2006 by joshbusby
This index tracks the level of effort countries have dedicated to combatting AIDS in their country. It’s a bit like the Transparency International Index, surveying practitioners to get their sense of the level of effort countries have dedicated to combatting the disease. Here is the summary from a website where the report is [...]
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Posted on May 8th, 2006 by joshbusby
This past Friday, May 5th, a number of us academic-y types met a Princeton to discuss the “Politics and Policy of HIV/AIDS.” This day-long event was meant to bring those of us political scientists who write on HIV/AIDS together to discuss common challenges for studying this topic and to look for synergies in [...]
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Posted on May 8th, 2006 by joshbusby
A number of us scholarly folk met this past week at a workshop on the “Politics and Policy of HIV/AIDS” at Princeton on May 5th. Presenters included Evan Lieberman and Josh Busby of Princeton, Sue Peterson of the College of William and Mary, Susan Sell of George Washington University, Nathan Paxton [...]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2006 by Ben
“While virginity might seem a desirable state of being to some people, it is as useful in HIV/AIDS prevention as advising people to stay inside in order to reduce traffic accidents…” – Joke van Kampen in the DrumBeat
“The ABC D isaster”World AIDS Day 2005, along with the usual conferences, speeches and rallies around the [...]
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