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Issue 187: June 2009

Published: 01 June 2009

  • In this issue

    Almost everything in this issue seems to have something to do with the subtle and not-so-subtle workings of HIV-related stigma. Stigma, as Michael Ratsey says in his piece Stigma begins...

  • Will the money drain out of AIDS?

    Earlier this year, on 25 February, the government of Botswana announced that if the global recession continued, it would have to freeze the provision of treatment for its...

  • Whose fear is it anyway? People with HIV and dentists

    People with HIV are still failing to access good dental care, even though it’s in their interest. Do they assume dentists will still have issues treating them?...

  • Stigma begins at home

    The stigma attached to having HIV is one of the most all-pervasive aspects of living with the virus. HTU plans a series of articles addressing this complex subject....

  • Love is a danger

    American researchers have reported that gay men in the US are more likely to contract HIV from their main sexual partner than from casual sex.  What are the...

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