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HIV Prevention

Launched in Mexico City, Aug 6, 2008

From the very beginning of the global response to the AIDS pandemic, prevention has been marginalised, and treatment has dominated. This systematic imbalance in clinical and public-health programmes largely contributes to around 2·5 million new HIV infections each year.

Executive summary
The publication of a Series by The Lancet on the state of the science of HIV prevention—together with a call for action by leading academics, UNAIDS, and the World Bank—signifies a new commitment to stop the virus and its consequences.
Series Comments
Putting prevention at the forefront of HIV/AIDS
Richard Horton, Pam Das
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"Know your epidemic, know your response": a useful approach, if we get it right
David Wilson, Daniel T Halperin
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Series Papers
The history and challenge of HIV prevention
Michael H Merson, Jeffrey O'Malley, David Serwadda, Chantawipa Apisuk
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Biomedical interventions to prevent HIV infection: evidence, challenges, and way forward
Nancy S Padian, Anne Buvé, Jennifer Balkus, David Serwadda, Ward Cates
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Behavioural strategies to reduce HIV transmission: how to make them work better
Thomas J Coates, Linda Richter, Carlos Caceres
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Structural approaches to HIV prevention
Geeta Rao Gupta, Justin O Parkhurst, Jessica A Ogden, Peter Aggleton, Ajay Mahal
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Making HIV prevention programmes work
Stefano M Bertozzi, Marie Laga, Sergio Bautista-Arredondo, Alex Coutinho
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Coming to terms with complexity: a call to action for HIV prevention
Peter Piot, Michael Bartos, Heidi Larson, Debrework Zewdie, Purnima Mane
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Audio
Chants from HIV activists, the launch of The Lancet HIV prevention series, and the voice of a former US President: a round-up of audio highlights from the XVII World AIDS meeting in Mexico City.
(mp3, 14:42 mins, 13.4Mb)