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Misguided Faith on AIDS (NY Times)

NYT論説。 Decisions about these [AIDS prevention] programs -- which can mean life or death to the people who use them -- are increasingly not based on what saves lives, but on what appeals to conservatives at home. キリスト教保守派の主張は…

HIV spreading widely in India (New Scientist)

インドでのHIV感染事情。 The latest figures show that up to 4.58 million Indians may have the devastating virus...The estimated number of HIV-positive Indians at the end of 2002 was 15 per cent higher than the 3.97 million cases the year be…

中国でのHIV流行を煽るもの (Nature BioNews)

これはロシアよりもたちが悪そうだし、ずっとひどい状況になるかもしれない。

Getting Volunteers for H.I.V. Vaccine Trials Requires Easing Fears (NY Times)

HIVワクチンの臨床試験ボランティアの誤解についての記事。当然ながら、そのボランティアになったらHIVに感染させられるわけじゃあないです。

Rise of H.I.V. in Russia Is Quickening, Official Says (NY Times)

Russia's top government AIDS expert offered a harrowing assessment of the disease's spread today, saying that at least a half-million Russians now carry the H.I.V. virus and that the true number could range as high as 1.5 million, or more …

$15 Billion AIDS Plan Wins Final Approval in Congress (NY Times)

禁欲云々の話はなんだか笑っちゃうね。いやー、真面目なのは分かるんだけど(共和党って奴は...)。しかしこういうエイズへのお金の使われかたがそれほど功を奏しているとは思えないのは、やっぱりどこかプログラムの構造に欠陥があるのではないかなぁ。

Governments in Denial as AIDS Ravages Caribbean (NY Times)

カリブ海地域のHIV感染率はアフリカを除いて世界最高。 Some estimates say 2.4 percent of the Caribbean's adult population is infected with human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS, though rates vary widely. The World Bank esti…