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Is prevention better than cure?

Nicola Ndovi, Malawi Gender Programme Officer at the International AIDS Conference

The title of this blog isn’t meant to be misleading – to date there is no cure for HIV and AIDS!
During the 2010 AIDS Conference in Vienna however there has been much discussion of scientific progress towards a cure and even a vaccine for HIV and AIDS. Achieving this goal however remains challenging. HIV/ AIDS is a complex disease that requires complex solutions.

By Deirdre Ni Chea...
23/07/2010

Why criminalising the transmission of HIV harms women

Your gut instinct and that rational part of your brain would tell you that laws are a good thing, that they are brought in to protect people’s rights, particularly the rights of the most vulnerable. However sometimes laws brought in with the best of intentions, do not always have the best of consequences.

By Sarah McCan
23/07/2010

Puppet Kibing and his HIV education films for children take AIDS2010 by storm!

Direct from who knows where, the man you didn’t know you needed, Kibii Kabooka Kibing, has been a busy man since he arrived in Vienna on Sunday. Turning up in the Austrian capital in a flash of light and a cloud of dust, Kibing immediately set to work, talking to as many of the 20,000 delegates about his work engaging children and young people in  East and Southern Africa on issues related to HIV.

By Deirdre Ni Chea...
21/07/2010

Put violence against women at the centre of all HIV responses

The theme of the XVIII International AIDS Conference, which is taking place this week here in Vienna is ‘Rights Here, Right Now’ and certainly women’s rights are high on the agenda. One of the biggest issues in relation to women's rights violations, that of violence against women is a key area of discussion  at the conference and in many of the sessions to date, there have been stark and challenging reminders of the need to put the issue of violence against women at the heart of the HIV and AIDS response.

By Sarah McCan
20/07/2010

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