News Sat 27 - Fri 02 April

Economic crisis and climate change concerns could affect the fight against the AIDS virus and lead to a "universal nightmare," the head of the United Nations' agency for HIV said. Reuters

The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria began an effort to raise as much as $24 billion from members of the Group of 20 nations, that will test whether a major push begun a decade ago against infectious diseases can survive the global recession. Wall Street Journal
 

News Sat 20 - Fri 26 March

Jeffrey Sach - The fund that fights killer diseases such as TB and Aids needs to build on its success, but it is facing a fiscal crisis. Guardian

Would legalising sex work help fight AIDS? Guardian Global Health Blog

News Sat 13 - Fri 19 March

A campaign to compensate haemophiliacs given “bad blood” has been blocked by MPs. The Bolton News

Condom adverts to be allowed pre-watershed. Independent, Pink News

A Scottish man who was jailed after he infected his lover with the HIV virus has appealed against his sentence, it has been confirmed. BBC
 

News Sat 06 - Fri 12 March

Has HIV and AIDS had enough of our money?  Robin Gorna, executive director of the International AIDS Society, argues that the AIDS epidemic may gain in strength if we cut back on funds to prevent it now. Guardian Global Health Blog

Britain sends South Africa 42m condoms in HIV fight before World Cup. Guardian

Although research has found that circumcision may help cut HIV infections, a new study suggests it may not have much effect on gay men. Pink News