Infectious diseases with high mortality, disability and creating public anxiety are not new, but
despite this our initial responses to HIV/AIDS have been primitive and slow. Since the start of …

Annals Academy of Medicine heterosexuals (8%). 2 We still have some way to go to making
HIV a thing of the past. HIV infection today is still an incurable disease that needs to be …

Abstract Purpose of Review Biological and societal influences are different for men and
women leading to different HIV outcomes and related infectious and non-infectious …

Ref. No. 04-015750 of HIV infection. For example, in Botswana, tribal courts treat adultery as
a female crime only (3), suggesting that men are allowed to have multiple partners. In …

When human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) was identified as the cause of AIDS
more than 15 years ago, it seemed possible that an end to the epidemic would follow …

With the end of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015 there is the
opportunity to critically reflect upon where we are now in terms of progress towards global …

Objectives. To estimate the burden of disease attributable to sexually transmitted infections
(STIs) in South Africa, to identify the factors contributing to this burden, and to review …

Has India stopped the Atsunami of AIDS that so many predicted If so, what has worked Was
the epidemic over estimated from the start What lies ahead The author describes the two …

The spread of HIV/AIDS is fueled by inequalities between genders, particularly in Sub-
Saharan Africa. Gender-biased economic, sociocultural, and legal norms shape the status …

The global HIV/AIDS epidemic presents many challenges on practical as well as theoretical
levels. The attempts to explain different epidemiological patterns of the epidemic have …