International AIDS Society (IAS)

Stigma Still a Major Roadblock for AIDS Fight in Africa

By Julia Hotz
Though West Africa’s massive Ebola outbreak may be dominating the spotlight within the global health community, HIV/AIDS remains an enormous issue for Africa as a whole - a sentiment that Washington officials made clear this week in their discussions of legislative and technological setbacks plaguing progress in fighting the epidemic.

AIDS Conference Mourns the Dead, Debates Setbacks

By Diana Mendoza
The 20th International AIDS Conference concluded today as the first in its history that remembered not just the 39 million people worldwide who have died of AIDS but also those who lost their lives in the crashed MH17 flight carrying six of its delegates, one of whom was the past president of the International AIDS Society (IAS).


beast of the briar