In the fall of 1985, two pioneering films offered radically different portrayals of AIDS – one intimate and confrontational, the other more cautious and network-friendly.
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Despite funding cuts, political scapegoating and internal tensions, thousands of volunteers came together in the 1980s to provide care to a stigmatized community.
Withdrawing or reducing aid has immediate and often fatal effects − not only for the countries receiving aid but for people around the globe.
The US cuts in research funding are devastating to the fight against HIV/Aids. It’s going to be very hard to recover.
After a group of employers refused to provide their employees access to free HIV prevention treatment, the Supreme Court may decide whether insurers are required to fully cover preventive care.
Without public health surveillance, officials trying to tackle outbreaks, identify threats and evaluate treatments are working ‘in the darkness of ignorance.’
Scientific discoveries are necessary to eliminate epidemic diseases. But addressing socioeconomic factors is just as essential in the fight against diseases such as syphilis, AIDS and TB.
The U.S. funded HIV/AIDS program PEPFAR has saved over 25 million lives since it began in 2003.
The consequences of a U.S. retreat from the global response to HIV/AIDS would be immense, jeopardizing 40 years of progress.
Africa’s investment into research and development is far below the global average.
Aids was first identified 40 years ago: these are the game changers that have revolutionised treatment – and the obstacles that remain.
Each life lost to Aids is a life too many. As donor funds dry up, Africa needs new ways to fight this epidemic.
These people share conspiracy theories to promote conflict, cause chaos, recruit and radicalize potential followers, make money, harass, or even just to get attention.
PrEP can reduce the risk of sexually transmitted HIV infection by 99%. Discrimination and distrust are two barriers Black gay men face in accessing this lifesaving treatment.
Trump’s baseless claims about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, reflect a long history of American prejudice against Haitians. In Washington, similar past falsehoods about Haitians have driven policy.
The nascent LGBTQ+ rights movement and the Christian right each strongly shaped the early years of HIV/AIDS, a historian explains.
The court covered itself in glory in the first 15 years, but its performance has been patchy since then, coinciding with Jacob Zuma’s presidency.
Eamon Flack’s production captures well – and with a lovely, light touch – the sense of fleeting memories that are, nevertheless, still available to us.
Haigh’s ghostly, dream-like setting offers a powerful remedy for an ageing generation of gay men coming to terms with the grief that pervaded their young lives.
Two-thirds of new HIV infections are among gay and bisexual men. Although cases have decreased among white men, they have stagnated among communities of color.
Top contributors
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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Distinguished Professor, Infectious Disease and Oncology Research Institute, Faculty of Heath Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Executive Director Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Chief Scientific Officer, South African Medical Research Council
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Associate Professor, Public Health Ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Melbourne Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne; Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Malawi
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Research Director at The Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
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Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Iowa
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Professor of Anthropology, American University
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Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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Behavioural Scientist, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor of Global Health and Director, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University
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Associate Professor, Public Health & Social Policy; Special Advisor Health Research, Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor and Head of the Surveillance and Evaluation Program for Public Health at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
