AIDS-Free World co-director and professor of Public Health Stephen Lewis discusses male circumcision in Africa, which decreases the AIDS infection rate in men by up to sixty percent. Circumcision is on the rise in countries such as Rwanda, Zambia, and Swaziland.

Abstain, Be faithful, use a Condom — the well-worn ABC approach to HIV prevention. Pity the letter B, rarely noticed between letters capable of picking fights wherever they go. On the face of things, who could object to B's nice-guy message?  Be faithful: it seems to belong in a league with ‘Don't slouch' and ‘Say please'.

If it confuses you to find the word ‘breastfeeding' under the heading prevention, you're in the majority. The vast majority. Perhaps that's because, for reasons that defy ethics and logic, it remains a well-kept secret by organizations such as UNICEF, UNAIDS and the World Health Organization that HIV-positive mothers — even the poorest and those without access to a clinic or health professional — can breastfeed without transmitting the virus to their infants.