The sex industry is repulsive, but it cannot be wished away
Tanya Gold: Brooke Magnanti looks at porn and prostitution with the eyes of an advocate. Yet she still has some truths to tell
Can art tell us the truth about syphilis?
Jonathan Jones: It had a profound effect on European Renaissance art, but did the pox originate in America or was it from Europe all along?
Aids and ignorance thrive as Swaziland struggles for funds to fight disease
Despite improving healthcare and information campaigns, country still has world's highest infection rate
‘I was told: you’re going to die of Aids’
The outlook for African babies with HIV is grim. Mpho Mbhele, who lost her daughter to the disease, explains how she is helping other mothers ensure their children are born healthy
Anti-abortion climate ‘will deter new generation of doctors’
British Pregnancy Advisory Service attacks politicisation of abortion and warns of impact on future healthcare
NHS reforms: the HIV support project manager’s view
Jo Robinson, 37, works for the Terrence Higgins Trust in London, earning a salary of £35,000
NHS reforms: the sexual health charity director’s view
Simon Blake, 38, works for Brook and earns £69,932-£80,810
Social change can be the best contraception
Contraceptive advice is vital, but binge drinking and social deprivation can be a major factor in unwanted pregnancies and poor sexual health
Aids: from a death sentence to living life
The first drug against HIV was AZT in 1989, but it was not until 1996 that 'the Lazarus effect' was seen in US hospitals
Was colonialism to blame for the spread of HIV in Africa?
A provocative new book argues that the late 19th-century 'scramble for Africa' may created the ideal conditions for the spread of HIV
Free HIV treatment for asylum seekers and non-UK citizens
Experts believe cost will be far less than possible costs of treating someone in hospital for Aids
Virginia’s vagina-violating ultrasound law
Lizz Winstead: Governor McDonnell frets that his ultrasound law violates the US constitution. Let me tell you, Bob, it violates a lot more than that
Death by denial: The campaigners who continue to deny HIV causes Aids
Brian Deer: As each of their followers dies, those who campaign against HIV treatments simply move on to the next level of denial
‘Being raped by a gang is normal – it’s about craving to be accepted’
Former gang member reveals how women suffer shocking sexual abuse in return for 'status'
HIV warning to women using injectable contraception
World Health Organisation advises use of condoms for protection against infection