World AIDS Day

HIV will only be defeated when behavioural means of prevention become the basis of the global response

For nearly three decades, the world has struggled to manage the vast human, social, economic and political impact of the emergence of HIV/AIDS.

Correspondence: bbowtell@lowyinstitute.org

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