When we think of the rise in the number of those who contract sexually transmitted diseases, we may think of the oversexed teenagers we see roaming the food courts at the malls, or the single, college-going 20-somethings flirting mercilessly at the hippest clubs in town. Rarely, do we ever visit our grandmothers and grandfathers for […]

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I remember being in 5th grade when I really started to understand what HIV was and what an impact it was making on society. Rumors were swirling around on how HIV was actually contracted and fear was at an all-time high with parents across the country withdrawing their children from schools where any other children might […]

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Papua New Guinea is a mountain-laced jungle located in the Southern Pacific where AIDS infections are growing at a rapid rate and quickly reaching epidemic proportions much like those seen in South Africa. Not unlike South Africa, disgrace at being infected and a health system that is greatly suffering are hindering efforts in Papua to […]

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