Adam Cresswell; 6/8/08
Straight couples are much more likely to transmit HIV during sex than most people realise, with new research showing the true risk may be hundreds of times higher than official guidelines suggest. Doctors and patients are told that on average only one heterosexual transmission of the AIDS virus would be expected for every 1000 sexual contacts, assuming one partner was HIV-positive and the other negative. But US researchers have told a world meeting of HIV experts in Mexico that the true figure could be as high as one transmission for every 10 instances of vaginal sex.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24135307-5013404,00.html
Throwing money at HIV has left many men at grave risk
Ruth Pollard; 6/8/08
As governemnts around the world directed billions of dollars at programs that aimed to prevent HIV among general populations, a giant wave of infections moved like a tsunami through communities of gay men in Asia, Africa and Latin America, new figures show. Men who have sex with men are now nearly 20 times more likely to be infected with HIV than the general population, yet they often receive as little as 1 per cent of global funding.
See: http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/throwing-money-at-hiv-has-left-many-men-at-grave-risk/2008/08/05/1217702042116.html
