To the Editor:
The reduced estimates of HIV-AIDS's prevalence by the United Nations' AIDS agency [front page, Nov. 20] must not detract from the world's effort to stem the HIV-AIDS pandemic. Even if the epidemic has been "ebbing," 33 million people are living with HIV-AIDS, and 2.5 million new infections occur each year.

Financial Times, October 5, 2007
Sir, Thanks to Andrew Jack for a highly informative overview on how health aid can skew state priorities (“From symptom to system”, September 28). Investing in health systems versus specific diseases need not be a dichotomous choice. Nor is health system strengthening as mysterious as some critics imply.

The Lancet, August 25, 2007
We join you in congratulating the UK government's Department for International Development (DFID) for its new health strategy1 and recommend that readers peruse DFID's second progress report, Reducing maternal deaths: evidence and action.

International Herald Tribune, May 18, 2007
Regarding the article "In China, new face of abortion reflects societal shift" (May 12): The fact that many young women consider abortion to be a "contraception measure" is a critical and instructive warning sign: China must revolutionize its approach to sex education or face a far more serious health crisis. If young women and men don't have the information they need to prevent unwanted pregnancy, how can they protect themselves against sexually transmitted infections?