HIV/AIDS: My new hero...

This lady, Elizabeth Pisani, has to be my new hero. From this article:

Pisani calls the truth: relying on AIDS treatment instead of prevention is close-minded. Forget abstinence programs that don’t work, she stresses. Safe-needle injection sites, arming prostitutes with condoms and learning about HIV on the battleground level is how governments and AIDS workers should approach this issue.

Hell yea lady, someone wanna buy me this book???

Also from the article:

Treatment is rightly very popular among funders and activists. It’s the most successful thing we have in our response to HIV so far. It’s how we change lives, what is called the Lazarus Effect – a sufferer goes from wondering who’ll take care of the cat during hospitalization to dancing at the clubs and enjoying a full recovery. The problem is we don’t have a compassionate view of prevention, because people are less likely to give clean needles to drug injectors then they are to give drugs to those already infected.

She goes on to talk about PEPFAR and a couple other major issues -- including China's amazing response to the growing (now that they talk about it) AIDS crisis.

It's worth a read.