How medical advances are changing the fight against HIV and Aids

As the UN reports a decline in Aids deaths and HIV infection rates, here are some of the developments at the frontline

Aids deaths are falling but progress is too slow, says UN report

Epidemic is being turned around, but 'not fast enough', and funding is under threat from economic downturn

Gro Harlem Brundtland censures Rio+20’s gender equality outcomes

Absence of reproductive rights reference in UN Women's call to action 'a step backwards', says former Norway prime minister

Taking sex education to Brazil’s favelas

Liz Ford: An NGO offers access to contraception and sexual health to poorer Brazilians and boosts its funding through a successful condom and lubricant business

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

‘The global food system is causing a public health disaster’

Felicity Lawrence: The UN rapporteur on the right to food says governments in rich and poor countries must bring in tough measures to combat the unhealthy products being marketed

Pay a little more for your curry and help restore someone’s sight

Poverty in Bangladesh means thousands of people are being denied a simple operation that would cure their blindness. But a novel scheme is changing that

Philanthropy is the enemy of justice

Robert Newman: The world's poor are not begging for charity from the rich – they're asking for justice and fairness

HIV/Aids: We are all unprotected

Sarah Boseley: On World Aids Day, the Global Fund is collapsing. No fund means millions more in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond at risk