SPOTLIGHT:
Despite tremendous progress in treating and preventing HIV infection, a vaccine still is what many scientists think will bring the end of AIDS.
GLOBAL NEWS
By Michael Keller
Groups consistently pushed to society’s fringes aren’t receiving the support they need to successfully prevent or trea
t HIV infection, health officials and advocates declared during the United Nations (UN) High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS in New York City last week. From China and Russia to Malawi and Middle Eastern countries, intravenous drug users, sex workers, prisoners, and men who have sex with men are key populations in which the spread of HIV continues in many regions.