An African Appeal for an AIDS vaccine.

Ethical Issues in preventive HIV Vaccine Trials

The female condom is a soft but strong sheath made of clear polyurethane plastic. The sheath has two plastic rings at either end. The one at the closed end is used to help with insertion and to keep the condom in place against the cervix. The ring at the open end is slightly larger and remains outside the vagina, covering both the woman's genitalia and the base of the man's penis.

This paper provided background information to planners and participants involved in the International Consultation on Peer Education and HIV/AIDS which took place in Kingston, Jamaica, 18-21 April 1999.

Analysis of data from a large number of biological and epidemiological studies.

Debates over whether AIDS and HIV should be made reportable to public health officials, and whether such reports should contain the names of those diagnosed, have regularly recurred during the epidemic, and remain ongoing. In this report a broad context for the discussion of the issues involved have been sought after.

Selected Case studies

A guide for radio practitioners, health workers and donors.

This report offers a summary of the issues and challenges that emerged from the discussions during the meeting.

Experiences of HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Phayao province are good examples of the rethinking of health-care management. Progress in battling with HIV/AIDS in Phayao had provided a good lesson: people, not institutions, are the ultimate contributing factor to the progress attained. Government and non-governmental organizations will be important, when they can facilitate and not constrain people in responding to HIV and AIDS.