{November 2007 Archive}

The female face of AIDS
Stephane Verguet || November 30, 2007 || Health Policy
On December 1st each year, the world comes together to commemorate World AIDS Day. Today, about 42 million people live with HIV/AIDS worldwide. Of the approximately 15,000 people who will be infected with HIV each day this year, the majority will not even know that they are infected and will continue to spread this disease for another several years before they realize they are ill. As the epidemic spreads, it is affecting more and more women; globally, it is estimated that women represent approximately 65% of all those infected with HIV/AIDS. In fact, the leading risk factor for HIV among...
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France: je t'aime, moi non plus
Stephane Verguet || November 09, 2007 || Europe
Exactly two years ago in France, riots took place in the suburban areas of the largest cities like Paris, Lyon, Marseille and diagnosed the failure of the French integration of minorities. Two years went by. Still no significant effort, not even a mere initiation of a draft policy emerged. Will it take even more extreme acts of desperation to have legislators feel at least concerned by the issue? The integration system was the cornerstone, the pride of the French state. Is it necessary to recall the Nation has successfully absorbed immigrants from Europe and all over the world throughout centuries?...
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