With 2010 now behind us, I thought it fitting to reflect back on a year that saw  both major steps forward in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, as well as many steps backwards. For some, medical advances from improved ARV’s, and a breakthrough on the microbicide front, gave cause for great celebration.  For others, who continued to [...]

This year it seems there has been considerable hype leading up to World AIDS Day.  UNAIDS released their 2010 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, the Pope finally acknowledged the valuable role of safe sex in the fight against AIDS, and celebrities everywhere are logging off of twitter to raise funds for the pediatric care of [...]

Recently an International Study has identified a key genetic variant that allows the immune system of certain individuals the ability to control HIV infection before it spreads, effectively preventing the development of full-blown AIDS. These individuals, called “Slow Progressers”, account for only 1% of all infections but could offer invaluable insight for researchers working on [...]

This past week UNAIDS released the 2010 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. In it, UNAIDS highlights a number of key successes that seem to suggest that the HIV/AIDS pandemic has passed peak infection levels.  One statistic in particular has been drawing considerable media attention: New infections have dropped by 20% globally. While this statistic [...]

With World AIDS Day approaching, I thought I would highlight a few of the essential books available about HIV and AIDS. Together they cover a wide range of issues from the personal to the structural, offering invaluable insight into the lives of people living with HIV or AIDS, and the impact of a 30 year [...]

To highlight the essential role of this medium, a new exhibit featuring 153 AIDS awareness posters has recently opened at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. This exhibit, entitled Graphic Intervention: 25 Years of AIDS Awareness Posters, 1985-2010, features unique works of art drawing on local language, culture, and design that espouse a universally applicable message about a need to acknowledge, discuss, and prevent the spread of HIV.

Content from this post originally appeared on the UNAIDS Today Blog: Talking about a revolution: HIV/AIDS Prevention focus for UNAIDS social media initiative “More than 7000 people are infected with HIV every day. We need a prevention revolution.”  This is the message that UNAIDS used recently to launch a social media initiative across Twitter and Facebook to [...]

UNAIDS Executive Secretary Michel Sidibe states that “for the first time change is happening at the heart of the epidemic. In places where HIV was stealing away dreams, we now have hope”.