The Curious Sex Worker's Guide to Attending the 18th International AIDS Conference

Salzburg Seminar: Palliative Care for Patients with TB or HIV/TB
Salzburg, Austria
February 26, 2012
The International Palliative Care Initiative of the Open Society Public Health Program will convene a professional seminar focused on providing palliative care for patients with TB or HIV/TB coinfection. The course is recommended for physicians in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union who provide direct care to patients with TB or who play a major role in developing public health policies for the care of patients with TB.

What You Can’t Say Might Hurt You
Heather Doyle
February 10, 2012
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Federal courts have repeatedly invalidated the U.S.'s anti-prostitution pledge. Now the Obama administration must decide whether to appeal to the Supreme Court or finally retire this harmful policy.

No Trade-Offs on Access to Medicines
Els Torreele
February 7, 2012
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As India and the EU negotiate a Free Trade Agreement, it will be critical for India to resist measures that favor the business interests of pharmaceutical companies over the lives of millions of people in developing countries who depend on India's supply of cheap generic medicines.

Communicating the Cause: NGOs and Social Media in Uganda
Ssozi Javie
February 7, 2012
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Despite limited access to technology and poor connectivity, Facebook and Twitter have emerged as popular spaces for civil society groups in Uganda. Activists need to learn how to adapt these tools to their own needs, or they risk being left in the dark.

They Go to Die: An Interview with Jonathan Smith
Brett Davidson
February 1, 2012
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Epidemiologist Jonathan Smith is working on a documentary film about the lives of four mineworkers who were dismissed from their jobs and sent home after contracting tuberculosis in the South African gold mines.