MetaFilter posts tagged with aids and publichealth

Publicizing HIV cases in the porn industry

hpliferaft — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:54:53 -0800

After one performer tested positive this week, 16 previously unpublicized cases of HIV in the porn industry have emerged. Last time this happened, government officials called it an outbreak and porn production grinded to a halt for two months.

HIV is a gay disease

thirteenkiller — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:56:21 -0800

HIV is a gay disease.

An Epidemic of Globalization?

kaibutsu — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:43:20 -0800

Haunted by a truly global epidemic, perhaps it is time to consider the effects of globalization on the spread of diseases like AIDS. In addition to making it easier for disease to achieve global prevalence, global economics reduce funding for public health by placing treatment emphasis on those who can pay for their drugs, and, in the case of AIDS, may also encourage pharmaceutical companies to pursue expensive life-long 'treatments' rather than cures. Furthermore, younger, economically depressed members of the global economy are wholly dependent on the whim of richer nations for their well-being in the face of devastating epidemics. In this case, it seems that the global marketplace has failed to be the holy grail it is so often presented as.

Is Male Circumcision A Solution to the African AIDS Crisis?

jonp72 — Sun, 01 Dec 2002 20:48:24 -0800

Is Male Circumcision A Solution to the African AIDS Crisis? The United States Agency for International Development has sponsored some hopeful research suggesting that wider availability of male circumcision could substantially reduce AIDS tranmission in Africa. Contrary to worries that male circumcision would be viewed as a culturally imperialist intrusion into African traditions, public health surveys have found surprising unfulfilled demand for circumcision among African men.

Thabo Mbeki's AIDS policies

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 01 Dec 2002 04:35:14 -0800

"35,000". The South African president Thabo Mbeki is failing to deal with his nation's unbelievable AIDS epidemic. Here are the opinions of his chief advisor on the disease. For balance, here is the opinion of the UK government. Do you agree with me that Mbeki is a dangerous man, and is a terrible choice to follow his predecessor?