ON THE BRINK OF AN AIDS CRISIS

ON THE BRINK OF AN AIDS CRISIS

When Juan Ortega (a pseudonym) went to his doctor three years ago for an HIV test, he was sure that ...
Haiti: The AIDS Stigma

Haiti: The AIDS Stigma

AIDS. Everybody has heard of it, everybody is scared of it, and no- body knows just what it is. Dubbed ...
Gender, Sexuality and AIDS Prevention in Brazil

Gender, Sexuality and AIDS Prevention in Brazil

As in many parts of the world, AIDS first arrived in Brazil in the early 1980s through sensational- istic media ...
Good Medicine: Brazil's Multifront War on AIDS

Good Medicine: Brazil’s Multifront War on AIDS

Brazil is often singled out as an outstanding example of a developing nation with a successful program to slow the ...
BRAZIL Activists Take on AIDS

BRAZIL Activists Take on AIDS

Several times each hour on prime- time television, the Brazilian govem- ment's latest and flashiest AIDS adver- tisement punctuates the ...
Gays & Lesbians: The Closet Door Swings Open

Gays & Lesbians: The Closet Door Swings Open

When Dr. Francisco Estrada Valle, a co-founder of AVES, one of Mexico's first AIDS-education programs, failed to show up last ...