Letters to the Editor
HIV-1 Prevalence in Young Adults in South India

The Lancet, July 8, 2006
We agree with Rajesh Kumar and colleagues (1) that the encouraging decline in HIV-1 prevalence among young adults in south India justifies sustained investment in prevention. We caution, however, against a continued narrow focus on condom use among “high-risk” groups, in India or elsewhere. For example, UNAIDS has clearly stated that in Thailand, a country celebrated for containing its concentrated HIV/AIDS epidemic through sex workers' condom use, the greatest need for prevention efforts is now within the context of marriage and “regular relationships”. (2) Similar patterns and concerns are appearing in Brazil, where women represent an increasing proportion of infected individuals. (3)

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We Must Put Aside Politics and Ideology to Tackle HIV/AIDS

Financial Times, June 19, 2006
Sir, As you rightly argued ("More aid against Aids", June 3), the battle against HIV/Aids is about more than money—it is about building political will and prevention strategies that go beyond cultural and ideological confines.

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Women, Girls Should be Focus of AIDS Fight

Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2006
Available here on the Los Angeles Times website.

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Four starting points from which to outpace this horrible pandemic

The Financial Times, August 15, 2005
Sir, With reference to your editorial "Aids is still winning the global race" (August 10): you and many others consider the goal of preventing HIV infection abstract—but in fact there is nothing abstract about Aids prevention. Governments and multilateral organisations can easily, and must urgently, take the following four concrete actions to prevent the spread of HIV:

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