The Checkup Archive: AIDS

Learning to Love the Female Condom

When it comes to creating condoms, the folks who make 'em for men have it easy. Male condoms are the essence of simplicity and require little in the way of engineering -- or imagination. By contrast, when the people at The Female Health Company in Chicago set out to make...

How Not to Spread AIDS

Almost a quarter century ago I went to lunch with some friends from work. As we sat at a cafe table, the fellow next to me asked to taste my drink. I said sure and watched him sip from my straw. I didn't know what to do next. I knew...

News from the AIDS Conference -- Frenk Heads to Harvard

The International AIDS Conference, which concluded in Mexico City Friday, is a farewell of sorts for Julio Frenk. Frenk, the former Minister of Health of Mexico, is heading to Cambridge, Mass. to become dean of the Harvard School of Public Health. As health secretary from 2000 to 2006, Frenk...

News from the AIDS Conference -- Dying of TB

While much of the international AIDS community has focused on delivering life-saving antiretroviral drugs to people infected with HIV, it has overlooked another preventable killer: tuberculosis. Just 1 percent of the people living with HIV/AIDS have been screened for TB, according to data from the World Health Organization. The findings,...

News from the AIDS Conference--Needle Exchange

Needle exchange may be a controversial topic in U.S. political circles, but among organizers and delegates at the international conference this week in Mexico City, it's a no-brainer. "When it comes to prevention in IV (intravenous) drug users, there is no complexity, said Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global...

New From the AIDS Conference -- a Need for New Money

The man responsible for distributing much of the world's anti-AIDS money says he is seeking contributions from new players such as China and the Gulf states. About 76 percent of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria presently comes from G-8 countries, according to the fund's executive...

Older Entries in This Category »

News From the AIDS Conference, Frances Stead Sellers , August 6, 2008

New From the AIDS Conference: Mexican Migrants, Frances Stead Sellers , August 5, 2008

News From the AIDS Conference: A California Pitch, Jennifer LaRue Huget , August 4, 2008