A recent review by Dr Jim Kim (The Lancet, August 2006) praises the “complex analysis” of the impact of AIDS on political process and democracy provided in Alex de Waal’s latest book: AIDS and Power: Why There is No Political Crisis - Yet. According to Kim, the book “moves deftly from epidemiological data to Weberian [...]

The lesson of the international Aids conference in Toronto is that the global Aids industry needs to think strategically to meet the challenges of the next twenty-five years, says Alex de Waal.
The global Aids industry put on its sixteenth bi-annual show in Toronto from 13-18 August 2006. The conference theme was “Time to Deliver” – [...]

Scenario building - planning for a future with HIV/AIDS. A tool for political and socio-economic dialogue.
12-13th October 2006
Tony Barnett and Patrick Noack
The Advanced Policy Research Workshop HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases: Lessons for a Global Future
12-15th December 2006
Tony Barnett and Alan Whiteside
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The Jacob Zuma rape trial and acquittal has dominated the South African news agenda for several months. Thabo Mbeki had fired Zuma, a senior ANC cadre who spent part of the early-1970s on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela, as Deputy President in June 2005 for his complicity in a financial scandal involving his advisor Schabir Shaik.

Overview
1) World AIDS Day was celebrated, as is now routine, on December 1, 2005. In a break with previous AIDS Days, 2005 did not feature a particular theme (2004 had been women) but saw the launch of a longer term campaign to ensure that promises are kept in relation to international commitments- funding and otherwise- [...]