The distance between the halls of government or the ivory tower and the situation on the ground frequently obscures the voices of the communities and people nominally being helped. All global health work is ultimately local however making monolithic top down approaches an unsustainable paradigm. A major hurdle in developing more community-based approaches is a […]
Prime Role of Primary Care in HIV Management
When I traditionally conceive of effectively combating the global HIV epidemic, my mind turns immediately to the infectious disease doctors who dominated the early response to the crisis. After doing this set of readings, I am increasingly aware of the rising and essential role in primary care in HIV treatment and management. Obvious evidence for […]
HIV Punches Down the SES Ladder
One thing that struck me when looking across the papers for today is that while the specific groups most at risk vary nation to nation, the prevalence of HIV infection seems to be inversely associated with social status. Men in South Africa account for only 58% of the HIV infection rates of women. This gender […]
