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		<title>The Lobbyist versus the people</title>
		<link>http://www.peripheries.org/2008/11/17/the-lobbyist-versus-the-people/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or the case of Thailand compulsory licensing vs. right wing pharmaceutical lobbyists
This article was written in May 2007, revised in June 2007 and minor edits were made on 17/11/08. I decided to republish it after my attention was drawn by the Wisdom of Whores to a recent opinion piece written by Roger Bate for the [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.peripheries.org/2008/06/08/compassionate-democracies/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Compassionate democracies'>Compassionate democracies</a> <small>In her book The Wisdom of Whores Elizabeth Pisani observes...</small></li><li><a href='http://www.peripheries.org/2008/06/15/16/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Helping the NHS to get efficient medicines'>Helping the NHS to get efficient medicines</a> <small>The Sunday Times reports that “The National Health Service is...</small></li></ol>

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		<title>Thailand’s ladyboys: nearly human?</title>
		<link>http://www.peripheries.org/2008/11/13/thailands-ladyboys-nearly-human/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Miss Pink Competition 2006
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In an article strangely entitled “Thailand&#8217;s lady-boys are in a class of their own, at last”, The Independent reports on the Bangkok Suan Dusit University where young male transgenders are allowed to wear make up and female uniform. It is this “at last” that is rather strange.
There is no question that [...]


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		<title>Ageing AIDS - Forgetting Nan and Grandad</title>
		<link>http://www.peripheries.org/2008/11/12/ageing-aids-forgetting-nan-and-grandad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier in September, peripheries commented on HIV amongst people over 50 and the importance of not excluding them from VCT on the basis that they were too old.
In this week&#8217;s New York Times, Karen Barrow noted that “Today, because of antiretroviral therapy and an array of drugs to treat both symptoms and side effects, AIDS [...]


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		<title>VCT without Treatment in Singapore</title>
		<link>http://www.peripheries.org/2008/11/10/vct-without-treatment-in-singapore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city-cum-state of Singapore is to implement an opt-out screening for HIV in its public hospitals. So far so good. Early detection means a better follow up, an early initiation of treatment, an opportunity to reduce further transmission, and an extended life expectancy.







“Cracked”
Tan Ngiap Heng



Many studies have found that VCT (Voluntary Counselling and Testing) is [...]


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		<title>HIV Prevention: Real Woman Waits</title>
		<link>http://www.peripheries.org/2008/11/06/hiv-prevention-real-women-waits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lack of funds and misused thereof are the two main causes of a failing HIV prevention. As noted by Emily Geminder, HIV prevention does not attract as much financial attention as a quest for an HIV treatment, and when funds are committed to prevention, they end up financing interventions that are more dogmatic than evidence-based [...]


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