Can we, and should we, pay people to change their behaviour to stop the spread of the HIV virus which causes AIDS? When it comes to HIV prevention, there is nowadays no limit to the “we need more options” motto and that’s what two World Bank studies conducted in Malawi and Tanzania showed.
In an experiment conducted in Malawi, girls aged 13 to 22 and their parents received as much as $15 each month if the girls attended school regularly, HIV Prevalence was 60% lower among girls receiving cash payments.Though this …

Back in January, I wrote a comment following Rick Rowden’s public launch at SOAS of his book “The Deadly Ideas of Neoliberalism: How the IMF has Undermined Public Health and the Fight Against AIDS”.  Today I open this blog to Rick who emailled me with the following response. I am still reading through Rick’s book and hope to come back to this issue very soon.
Dear peripheries:
Thanks you for covering the launch of my book at SOAS in London in January. I appreciate your attempt to review my book before reading …

When the slogan of this year Pride was announced, “Paint the Town Ruby Red”, the hope for a meaningfull event vanished in turpentine. But I was wrong (it does happen) and here are a few examples why.

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The resourceful, ubiquitous rock star philanthropist Bono never seems to let pass an opportunity to miss the point when it comes to address the HIV epidemics. This time, Bono lends its musical and political acumen of football and its role in society to a 2010 FIFA World Cup Commercial: United on ESPN.
“Bono once again provides an inspirational performance that only Bono can deliver.” Write blogger P Savo, “Even though the football images are used sparingly, when they do appear it is well worth it as they powerfully demonstrate how soccer …

As a volunteer for a gay men’s organisation I am sometimes involved in HIV prevention work in gay venues in central London. The organisation I work for develops posters, adverts and booklets to promote HIV prevention messages targeting a specific audience.
Recently, I was helping pre-testing our latest booklet to which I had also contributed. Therefore I knew what the booklet was about, which is usually not the case since editorial and testing teams are different. Over a period of two hours I interviewed ten people who agreed, some after a …