AIDS and the irrational[Helen Epstein] An open letter to UNAIDS
Selenium may slow march of AIDSIncreasing the production of naturally occurring proteins that contain selenium in human blood cells slows down multiplication of the AIDS virus, according to biochemists.
Guinea: Mining zones take on AIDSWith an HIV infection rate of 5.2 per cent, the lucrative mining sector in Guinea is particularly at risk from the epidemic. Some mining companies have begun setting up their own programmes to make up for the lack of HIV/AIDS services on offer. But they say a public-private partnership is essential if local residents are not to be excluded.
British funds to fight HIV in South AfricaThe UK is to give South Africa's new Health Minister Barbara Hogan £15m to help combat Aids in the country.
Vaccine needed to bring an end to AIDSSouth Africa has an important role to play.
South African AIDS vaccine testing startsTwo South African developed HIV vaccines have begun clinical testing in the United States.
Today is World AIDS Day. Today, and for the rest of this month, the media will highlight one of the worst pandeimics that the world has seen. In today's newsletters there is an open letter by Helen Epstein to UNAIDS - a world body that is responsible for directing research into ways of halting this terrible scourge.