We've been fighting the AIDS pandemic for decades but still are losing ground. Why? James D. Shelton, MD, MPH, science advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development, has a radical suggestion.
Before offering his suggestion, however, Shelton challenges 10 "myths" that impede HIV prevention. It's a controversial position -- one that irks Gordon Dickinson, MD, chief of infectious diseases at the University of Miami and the Miami VA Medical Center.
Shelton's provocative commentary, appearing in the Dec. 1 World AIDS Day issue of The Lancet, focuses on the "generalized HIV epidemics" in Africa. Dickinson's objections focus on how these comments might be counterproductive in the U.S. and other developed nations.
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