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Reflections on the Epidemic

Reflections on the Epidemic - World AIDS Day 2012 series
Reflections on the Epidemic - World AIDS Day 2012 series
A series of articles by guest writers for World AIDS Day

Part of AVERT's World AIDS Day 2012 campaign, ‘Reflections on the Epidemic’ are a series of articles by guest writers. Our guest writers range from global leaders, writers, experts, activists, physicians and people personally affected by HIV and AIDS; and they represent various countries, experiences and backgrounds from all over the world. We are grateful to all our guest writers for their effort and the diverse and insightful viewpoints that they contributed to the world’s response to HIV and AIDS.

We will be re-featuring these articles over the next few weeks on a weekly basis. Browse through this week’s featured articles, and see the full list below.

Featured writers
In pursuit of a cure - Kevin Frost Ending paediatric AIDS: How we need to go beyond the clinical intervention when addressing children’s needs - Kate Iorpenda AIDS - it's not over - Dr Peter Piot The future of antiretroviral treatment - Dr Gottfried Hirnschall

All writers

Meeting the challenge of stigma in Iran
Dr Kamiar Alaei & Dr Arash Alaei
Physicians, winners of Elizabeth Taylor Award at AIDS 2012

Words are not enough: Where is the genuine support for an AIDS-free generation?
Georgia Arnold
Executive Director of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation

Narrow escape
Mercy Banda
Student, Malawi

Going beyond the silver bullet approach
Dr Alvaro Bermejo
Executive Director of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance

A new generation of awareness
AVERT
International HIV and AIDS Charity

Mothers at the forefront of change
Dr Mitchell Besser
Founder and Medical Director of mothers2mothers

A few simple actions against AIDS
Hydeia Broadbent
International HIV/AIDS Activist & Humanitarian

The reality of beginning the end of AIDS
Deborah Dugan
Chief Executive Officer of (RED)

In the balance — HIV and the Law
Dr Shereen El Feki
Vice-chair of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law

Striving for an AIDS free generation of adolescents
Lorrie Fair
Head of Programs, Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project

A broken unity: An American reflection on the epidemic
Mary Fisher
Political activist, artist and author

Universal access for people who use drugs: Not just a pipe dream
Ann Fordham
Executive Director of the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)

In pursuit of a cure
Kevin Frost
Chief Executive Officer, amfAR

The future of antiretroviral treatment
Dr Gottfried Hirnschall
Director of the HIV Department of WHO

Ending paediatric AIDS
Kate Iorpenda
Senior Advisor of Children and Impact Mitigation at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance

A future of possibilities
Gery Keszler
Chief Executive Officer of Life Ball

Riding the waves of HIV
Greg Louganis
Olympic Diver, Actor, Speaker and Activist

The Paediatric HIV response in the context of AIDS optimism
Dr Daniella Mark
Executive Director of Paediatric AIDS Treatment for Africa

HIV/AIDS Care begins at home
Dr Mosa Moshabela
Director of the Rural AIDS and Development Action Research (RADAR)

HIV/AIDS in Uganda: Myth to reality
Frank Mugisha
Executive Director of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG)

Why beauty is a great weapon in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Ninette Murk
Founder and Creative Director of Designers Against AIDS and Beauty Without Irony

HIV Walk, unravels the epidemic
Catherine Murombedzi
Journalist who writes the column ‘HIV Walk’ in The Herald, Zimbabwe

The importance of Parliamentary voices in the AIDS response
Pamela Nash MP
Chair of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and AIDS

Women breaking the stereotype
Kanya Ndaki
Editor of IRIN's HIV/AIDS news service PlusNews

Resources for a rights based approach to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic
David Odali
Executive Director of the Umunthu Foundation, partner of AVERT

AIDS - It’s not over
Professor Peter Piot
Director of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Backing the community response
Midnight Poonkasetwattana
Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM)

Gogo-getters become elders
Tony Schnell
Director of Sisonke, partner of AVERT

Getting to zero
Michel Sidibé
Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

The search for common humanity at the heart of the AIDS response
Ben Simms
Director of the UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development

AIDS is still hot in India
Dr Kutikuppala Surya Rao
Eminent HIV physician in India

Why involve women with HIV?
Dr Alice Welbourn
Founding Director of the Salamander Trust and activist

All opinions expressed in 'Reflections on the Epidemic' do not necessarily represent those of AVERT.