AIDS/HIV


A virus is for life, not just for Christmas

As people with HIV live longer, services must respond, says Lisa Power


Lisa Power, Wednesday September 17 2008, 'Joe Public Blog', Guardian.



US increases estimate of HIV infections
Ed Pilkington in New York, Monday August 4 2008, The Guardian.


A chance to fix the fight against Aids

To improve prevention, HIV/Aids organisations must roll back George Bush's demonising of sex workers and drug users


Siddharth Dube and Joanne Csete, Sunday August 3 2008, guardian.co.uk.



Spread of HIV/Aids slows as awareness and drugs take hold
Sarah Boseley, health editor, Wednesday July 30 2008, The Guardian.


Worldwide Aids epidemic slowing, says UN
Sarah Boseley, health editor, Tuesday July 29 2008, guardian.co.uk.


Amref boost for people with HIV

Richard M Kavuma finds out what it's like in Katine for people living with HIV and Aids


Richard M Kavuma, Monday July 28 2008, guardian.co.uk.



Congress approves $48bn to fight HIV/Aids and malaria
Elana Schor, Friday July 25 2008, guardian.co.uk.


Common gene makes Africans more vulnerable to HIV
James Randerson, science correspondent, Thursday July 17 2008, guardian.co.uk.


HIV children turned away from schools
Jacqui Thornton, Sunday July 13 2008, The Observer.


Kenya: HIV-positive waitress awarded £17,000 compensation after dismissal
Xan Rice in Nairobi, Thursday July 10 2008, guardian.co.uk.


China's new freedom fighters

Countless thousands of people in China are blacklisted, harassed, intimidated and locked up merely for what they say or because of the job they do. Nineteen years after the Tiananmen massacre, six dissident voices explain why their battle for freedom of speech must continue


Interviews by Lijia Zhang, Sunday July 6 2008, The Observer [see, in particular, interview with 'Wan Yanhai, China's foremost aids and gay rights activist']



Injustices in HIV care are closer to home
Deborah Jack, Chief executive, National Aids Trust, 'Letters', Saturday June 14 2008, The Guardian.


Old enemy, new challenge

The re-emergence of tuberculosis could reverse a decade of advances in the fight against HIV/Aids


Lucy Chesire, Monday June 9 2008, guardian.co.uk.



WHO target met on providing HIV drugs in developing world - two years late
Sarah Boseley, Saturday June 7 2008, The Guardian.


From despair to fragile hope
Sarah Boseley in Lilongwe, Saturday June 7 2008, The Guardian.


Global health for all
Bruno Oudmayer Action for Global Health, Barbara Stocking Oxfam GB, Charles Badenoch World Vision UK, Jasmine Whitbread Save the Children UK, 'Letters', Saturday May 17 2008, The Guardian.


'People do stupid things - that's what spreads HIV'

Western governments are spending mind-boggling sums treating HIV-positive patients in the developing world. But would they save more lives by concentrating on prevention? Decca Aitkenhead meets the outspoken expert who says that liberal fears of appearing judgmental are blinding us to the truth about the disease


Decca Aitkenhead, Tuesday May 13 2008, The Guardian.



Glaxo 'downplayed' warning on heart-attack risk from Aids drug
Monday, 12 May 2008, The Independent.


Quiet sexual revolution forces Beijing to admit dangers of Aids

Meetings and more funds - but patients seeking talks with premier are detained


Tania Branigan in Beijing, Friday April 18 2008, The Guardian.



New therapy helps boost immune system of HIV patients
Ian Sample, science correspondent, Friday February 22 2008, The Guardian.


2007


I am an HIV positive doctor
Saturday October 6 2007, The Guardian.


Payment for ancient debts

Our resistance to an epidemic 3m years ago may have exposed us to the risk of HIV today


Johnjoe McFadden, Tuesday August 28 2007, The Guardian.



It's 25 years and counting

Despite great advances in the treatment of Aids since Terrence Higgins died, ignorance still threatens to escalate the epidemic.


Nick Partridge, Wednesday July 4, 2007, The Guardian.



Case study: 'I feel like I'm poisonous'

Andrew March was 13 when he was told he had HIV. Four years earlier he had been asked by his local hospital to come in for an Aids test. But the stigma surrounding the condition meant his family were not given a definitive picture


Sarah Hall, Wednesday July 11, 2007, The Guardian.