Left Field by Patricia Nell Warren Who will pay for the “AIDS-Free generation” in a world facing financial crisis? Secretary of State Clinton’s now-famous November 8 speech at the NIH has promoted the “new” idea of an “AIDS-Free Generation.” The State Department swears this can happen as a result of their new three-point program. The program keys (1) global ART for HIV-positive mothers and babies, (2) global ART for everybody else who is poz, and (3) global male circumcision. In my last “Left Field,” I [...]

What can we read between the lines of the Secretary of State’s pledge of an “AIDS-free generation”? Left Field by Patricia Nell Warren On November 8, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a shocking (to me, anyway) speech at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, before a packed house of politicians and scientists. Under the log-line of “Creating an AIDS-Free Generation,” Clinton outlined a three-point program by which HIV freedom would supposedly be won for the world, notably developing nations. The speech went [...]

As we move into decade number four of the pandemic—what now? by Larry Buhl Anniversaries and birthdays can be a time for reflection. For people, the thirtieth year is an important turning point, when the dreams of youth are reevaluated, extinguished or revived with new vigor. The “birthday” of a plague can be sobering. There is no cure. After three decades, the disease has claimed more than 30 million lives and orphaned approximately 16 million children. People throughout the world are still being infected—and disproportionately [...]