Public health/Sexually transmitted infections

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    Policy Forum
    Mar 2007

    Media Must Try Harder To Reach Groups at Risk for HIV/AIDS

    Rajiv Bhuta and William R. Leonard, PhD
    The media has a responsibility to do more to counter the stigma that has been placed on HIV and AIDS so that more at-risk patients will seek treatment.
    Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):210-214. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.pfor2-0703.
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    Case and Commentary
    Dec 2006

    Relief Organizations with Counseling Restrictions

    Robert D. Orr, MD
    Professional, practical, clinical and cultural obligations should guide decision making when a funding agency restricts the types of counseling and advice it allows medical professionals to dispense.
    Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):814-817. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.ccas3-0612.
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    Case and Commentary
    Dec 2005

    New York Super-AIDS Case: Physician as Public Health Officer

    LaVera M. Crawley, MD, MPH
    Public health officials have a responsibility to alert the public to prospective dangers without unduly restricting individual freedom or adding to the stigmatization of certain illnesses.
    Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):790-793. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.ccas3-0512.
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    Medicine and Society
    Jul 2005

    Hope Is a Public Health Resource: the Collective Challenge of "3 by 5"

    Aaron Shakow
    In a move towards universal HIV care, the WHO and UNAIDS have implemented a plan to make antiretroviral therapy available to 3 million HIV/AIDS victims worldwide by the end of 2005.
    Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(7):514-517. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.7.msoc2-0507.
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    Personal Narrative
    Jul 2001

    The Modern Plague

    Robert Davidson, MD, MPH
    A Peace Corps physician in Africa describes in his latest online journal entry the immense toll that HIV/AIDS is exacting on the people and economy of several African nations.
    Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(7):234-237. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.7.oafr1-0107.