By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Sanitation was dubbed “one of the biggest scandals of all time” by the UN’s water chief this week as World Water Week got underway…
WORLD WATER WEEK: SANITATION SCANDAL
WORLD WATER WEEK
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member At a time when billions of people live without sustainable access to safe drinking water or suffer ill health due to poor sanitation, when…
ANOTHER SIDE TO CHINA’S OLYMPIC DREAM
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The eyes of the world are focussed firmly on China as the Olympic Games get into full swing. A television audience of a…
International AIDS Conference, Mexico, Day 4
Shockingly the 4th day of the International AIDS Conference marked the first ever plenary on children and HIV. That we could get to a point where there are 2 million…
International AIDS Conference, Mexico, Day 4
The conference has heard a lot about what we have learned in the past in terms of approaches to tackling HIV and AIDS. But a session today made the case…
International AIDS Conference, Mexico, Day 3
The links between violence against women and vulnerability to HIV infection are well known. But what interventions should we put in place to combat violence and its HIV related outcomes?…
International AIDS Conference, Mexico, Day 2
The second day of the International AIDS Conference saw what was possibly the shortest side session in its history. Entitled ‘Sex workers are everywhere’ Andrew Hunter of the Asia Pacific…
International AIDS Conference, Mexico City
The role of pleasure in encouraging safer sex With over 20,000 participants and a plethora of formal abstract driven sessions and cultural events the International AIDS Conference, currently taking place…