Special Report

The biennial AIDS Conference is so large that everyone who goes has a different conference. There were thousands of presentations and posters at the meeting. Many repeated what we already know – that unsafe sex and IV drug use transmit HIV; that many people deny they are at risk; that many still don’t use condoms even knowing they are at risk; stigma and discrimination are still rife; life-saving antiretroviral drugs are still being denied to the vast majority of those who need them; women have not yet empowered themselves enough to demand safe sex or reject violence and overcome gender inequity. We were therefore once again confronted with the terrible numbers showing how much the epidemic is still growing and how many are dying. A lot of people in a lot of countries including many attending this conference for the first time are still having to learn what has been learned by so many of their neighbours who are living with more ‘‘mature’’ epidemics. (excerpt)

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  Marge Berer•Reproductive Health Matters•2002

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