The search continues for a vaccine and a cure for HIV, but these remedies have not materialized. Outside the lab, the fight against the disease takes a different tack, with prevention programs aimed at changing behavior, and other initiatives focused on bringing HIV patients the treatment they need, but too seldom get, even when it is available free of charge.
The Social Epidemic
Harvard professors and students take aim at the social and behavioral factors that contribute to HIV.
8.19.10
Healing the Whole Patient
From traditional healing to modern medicine, a multifaceted approach to HIV care in South Africa. With audio
8.19.10
Life, on the Soccer Field
South African teens learn about leadership and health through their country’s most popular sport.
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Cultural Education
Harvard students helps a theater troupe in Uganda teach about HIV.
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Bringing Pride and Plans to Life
Small loans for business help HIV patients in Uganda pay for treatment—and food.
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Subtle Improvements
Seemingly small changes at a Durban hospital have major effects on patient care.
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Fighting Brain Drain
Relationships with Harvard scholars bolster scientific research in sub-Saharan Africa.
8.19.10
The Choice to Bear Children
Rethinking the conventional wisdom that HIV-positive adults should forgo having children
8.19.10
Stories from Botswana
In a new book, Max Essex and Unity Dow use stories to illuminate the science of HIV.
8.19.10
Slide Show: On the Front Lines
A look at the daily life of Harvard scholars and students fighting HIV in Africa
8.18.10
Slide Show: The Women of Mburahati
Supporting each other in living with HIV
8.18.10
Slide Show: Around Africa
A reporter’s notebook from travels in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya