I’m often reminded these days about the title of a book that came out a few years ago: Participation: the New Tyranny? (edited by Cooke and Kothari). Even as biomedical strategies are gaining a place in the prevention toolbox where previously only behavioral interventions sat, we are talking about increasing

Every day at around 4pm this week, I’ve gotten that feeling. No, it wasn’t the butterflies in my stomach of conducting a training or doing an oral presentation. Nor was it the pitter-patter of meeting a new potential suitor. I was facing nothing more intimidating than a 4-pound high-tech contraption: my laptop. And why

Tonight at the International Film Center in New York City, Lisa Biagiotti’s film 'deepsouth' is screening as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival.  We had the opportunity to sit down with deepsouth’s director, Lisa Biagiotti, back in July 2013 and talk about her experiences documenting this often hidden

On July 24, The Lancet 2012 Theme Series: Men who have sex with Men and HIV was officially launched. The main auditorium at the Washington Convention Center was packed. The session consisted of a series of presentations that combined research results and community-based information on the issues concerning Men who

The International AIDS conference is obviously an essential conference. While we are forty years into the AIDS epidemic, about a decade away from a vaccine and maybe, an AIDS-free generation, it is clear that bringing together people from all over the world including activists, researchers and PLWHA for their voices