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 […]

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 […]